Oedipus Ubiquitous: The Family Complex in World Folk Literature Contributor(s): Johnson, Allen W. (Author), Price-Williams, Douglass (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804725772 ISBN-13: 9780804725774 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1996 Annotation: " This work is one of two books that won the 1997 Boyer Prize in psychoanalytic anthropology. The award is well deserved . . . this book makes major contributions to psychological and symbolic anthropology, folklore, evolutionary psychology, and psychonaysis." -- Dan W. Forsyth, University of Southern Colorado |
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BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading & Phonics - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Social Science - Education | Classroom Management |
Dewey: 398.27 |
LCCN: 95041368 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.29" (1.15 lbs) 360 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Family |
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Publisher Description: Is the "Oedipus complex" universal? This book examines the controversial question in light of its collection of 139 family complex folktales from every world cultural area and every level of social complexity, the largest such collection ever made. |