Why Do Humans Tell the Stories They Do: An Interview with Lily Alexander (Part Four)
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Summary:
How might a reliance on mythic structures be vital in a world of transmedia stories? I suggest that as part of the ritual-mythological system, itself a component of symbolic and modeling processes, mythic stories are useful in facilitating the adjustment of individuals, families, groups, and society at large. By means of storytelling, they provide exciting [...]