02719nam 2200613 450 991080735130332120200520144314.00-8131-6158-4(CKB)3710000000334369(EBL)1915569(SSID)ssj0001402018(PQKBManifestationID)12528480(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402018(PQKBWorkID)11352034(PQKB)11742543(OCoLC)605322779(MdBmJHUP)muse44596(Au-PeEL)EBL1915569(CaPaEBR)ebr11007414(CaONFJC)MIL691296(OCoLC)900344813(MiAaPQ)EBC1915569(EXLCZ)99371000000033436920150128h19971997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom game to war and other psychoanalytic essays on folklore /Alan DundesLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1997.©19971 online resource (140 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-60014-7 0-8131-2031-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 folklorist genres as myth, folktale, and legend to illuminate the intricate workings of the human psyche. Alan Dundes is a renowned folklorist who has successfully devoted the better part of his career to applying psychoanalytic theory to the materials of folklore. From Game to War offers five of his most mature essays on this topic.Dundes begins with a comFolklorePsychological aspectsFolkloreUnited StatesPsychoanalysis and folkloreUnited StatesFolklorePsychological aspects.FolklorePsychoanalysis and folklore398/.01/9Dundes Alan483932MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807351303321From game to war and other psychoanalytic essays on folklore4090176UNINA