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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Page 53
... father's crime ? On the other hand , if we assume this might be an instance of projective inversion , then the father's wish for the daughter is in fact an expression of the daughter's unconscious wish for the father . This would ...
... father's crime ? On the other hand , if we assume this might be an instance of projective inversion , then the father's wish for the daughter is in fact an expression of the daughter's unconscious wish for the father . This would ...
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... father figure . What the folktale behind the play and very likely the play itself does entail is a projection of ... father ( so as to have sole access to the mother ) is a taboo one . So in the resultant folkloristic projection , it is ...
... father figure . What the folktale behind the play and very likely the play itself does entail is a projection of ... father ( so as to have sole access to the mother ) is a taboo one . So in the resultant folkloristic projection , it is ...
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... father , a plot element which contains the appeal of the Electra complex for females . The pregnant virgin is then married to a man much older than she , perhaps old enough to be her father . The infant Jesus is imperiled by a threat on ...
... father , a plot element which contains the appeal of the Electra complex for females . The pregnant virgin is then married to a man much older than she , perhaps old enough to be her father . The infant Jesus is imperiled by a threat on ...
Contents
Texture Text and Context | 20 |
The Curious Case of the Widemouth Frog | 62 |
A Folkloristic Reflection of | 69 |
Copyright | |
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