Oedipus Ubiquitous
by Johnson, Allen W.; Price-Williams, Douglass RichardFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1996-12-01
Publisher(s): Stanford Univ Pr
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Summary
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.
Table of Contents
| A Note to the Reader | |
| Analysis | |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| A Brief History of Research on Family-Complex Tales | p. 8 |
| The Evidence from World Folk Literature | p. 38 |
| The Theory of the Family Complex in Folk Literature | p. 71 |
| Conclusion | p. 98 |
| The Folktales | |
| Europe and Euro-America | p. 107 |
| Middle East and Africa | p. 130 |
| South and East Asia | p. 180 |
| Oceania | p. 200 |
| Native North America | p. 239 |
| Native South America | p. 265 |
| References Cited | p. 321 |
| Permissions to Reproduce the Folktales | p. 333 |
| Index | p. 339 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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