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From game to war and other psychoanalytic essays on folklore

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Although folklore has been collected for centuries, its possible unconscious content and significance have been explored only since the advent of psychoanalytic theory. Freud and some of his early disciples recognized the potential of such folklorist genres as myth, folktale, and legend to illuminate the intricate workings of the human psyche. Alan Dundes is a renowned folklorist who has successfully devoted the better part of his career to applying psychoanalytic theory to the materials of folklore. From Game to War offers five of his most mature essays on this topic.Dundes begins with a com

Title From game to war and other psychoanalytic essays on folklore / Alan Dundes.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky
Creation Date 1997
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content The psychological study of folklore in the United States -- Traditional male combat : from game to war -- The apple-shot : interpreting the legend of William Tell -- The flood as male myth of creation -- Why is the Jew "dirty"? : a psychological study of anti-Semitic folklore.
Extent 1 online resource (140 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©1997
National Library system number 997010716592605171
MARC RECORDS
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