Interpreting Folklore..". Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to both students and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modern folklore." -- Center for Southern Folklore Magazine "It is impossible ever to remain unimpressed with [Dundes'] excursuses, however much one may be in disagreement (or not) with his conclusions." -- Forum for Modern Language Studies Often controversial, Alan Dundes's scholarship is always provocative, perceptive, and intelligent. His concern here is to assess the material folklorists have so painstakingly amassed and classified, to interpret folklore, and to use folklore to increase our understanding of human nature and culture. |
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Alan Dundes. Into the Endzone for a Touchdown A Psychoanalytic Consideration of American Football I would like to dedicate this essay to Professor David Bidney ... Endzone for a Touchdown: A Psychoanalytic Consideration of American Football.
Alan Dundes. Into the Endzone for a Touchdown A Psychoanalytic Consideration of American Football I would like to dedicate this essay to Professor David Bidney ... Endzone for a Touchdown: A Psychoanalytic Consideration of American Football.
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... endzone while preventing the opponent from getting into one's own endzone . Structurally speaking , this is precisely what is involved in male verbal dueling . One wishes to put one's opponent down ; to " screw " him while avoiding ...
... endzone while preventing the opponent from getting into one's own endzone . Structurally speaking , this is precisely what is involved in male verbal dueling . One wishes to put one's opponent down ; to " screw " him while avoiding ...
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... endzone is a kind of erogenous zone . The relatively recently coined terms tight end and split end further demonstrate the special emphasis upon this " position " on the ... endzone is perhaps indicated Into the Endzone for a Touchdown 205.
... endzone is a kind of erogenous zone . The relatively recently coined terms tight end and split end further demonstrate the special emphasis upon this " position " on the ... endzone is perhaps indicated Into the Endzone for a Touchdown 205.
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
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