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Author Dundes, Alan.

Title From game to war : and other psychoanalytic essays on folklore / Alan Dundes.

Publication Info. Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [1997]
©1997

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Description 1 online resource (140 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "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.
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Subject Folklore -- Psychological aspects.
Folklore -- Psychological aspects.
Folklore -- United States.
Folklore.
United States.
Psychoanalysis and folklore -- United States.
Psychoanalysis and folklore.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Essays.
Essays.
Added Title From game to war and other psychoanalytic essays on folklore
ISBN 9780813161587 electronic book
0813161584 electronic book
9780913160184