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through Customs Essays by a Freudian Folklorist Alan Dundes "More than just calling for a methodological awakening, it presents a number of case studies . . . all of which are evocatively and convincingly illuminated through the psychoanalytic perspective." —New York Times Book Review In these stimulating essays, Alan Dundes presents a history of psychoanalytic studies of folklore while also showing how folklore methodology can be used to clarify and validate psychoanalytic theory. Dundes' work is unique in its symbolic analysis of the ordinary imagination. His data are children's games, folktales, everyday speech, cultural metaphors for power and prestige, and rituals associated with childbirth.  Alan Dundes (1934–2005)
was professor of anthropology and folklore at the University
of California, Berkeley, and published ten books with the University
of Wisconsin Press, including The Vampire: A Casebook; The
Blood Libel Legend; and Cinderella:
A Casebook. He was also the editor of Recollecting
Freud by Isidor Sadger.Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.) |
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