Contents: Introduction. Part 1: Jung, Trickster and the Screen. Analytical Psychology and Myth: The Bigger Picture. Mutability, Identity and the Farce if Fixity: Trickster. Part 2: Mistaken Identities, Self-Deception and the Undead. The Obscure by the More Obscure: Mulholland Drive. Setting the Conditions for Forgetting: Memento. The Undead, Psychopomps and Filicide: The Others. Part 3: Redeemers, Bad Dads and Matricide. 6. Dana Immaculate and Divine Children: The X-Files. Libidinal Frenzy: Twin Peaks. Incest by Goomah/Daughter Proxy: The Sopranos. Motherly and Slatternly Creatures: Spider. Part 4: Excesses of the Sad and the Sassy. The Fear of exposure and Connection: Intimacy. Grotesques, Bakhtin and Rupture: Absolutely Fabulous. Conclusion. Author Biography: Terrie Waddell is a Lecturer in Media Studies and Convenor of Gender, Sexuality and Diversity Studies at La Trobe University, Australia
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