From game to war: and other psychoanalytic essays on folklore
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Main Author: Dundes, Alan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Kentucky University Press of Kentucky c1997
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Item Description: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
Includes bibliographical references and index
"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 folkloristic genres as myth, folktale, and legend to illuminate the intricate workings of the human psyche. In this volume Alan Dundes, a renowned folklorist who has successfully devoted the better part of his career to applying psychoanalytic theory to the materials of folklore, offers five of his most recent and mature essays on this topic."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (140 pages)
ISBN:0813161584
9780813161587

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