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Oedipus ubiquitous : the family complex in world folk literature / Allen Johnson and Douglass Price-Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Allen W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tales--History and criticism.
- Tales.
- Oedipus complex in literature.
- Family violence--Folklore.
- Family violence.
- Incest--Folklore.
- Incest.
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [1996]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-332) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804725764
- 0804725772
- OCLC:
- 33132701
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