Beyond Oedipus
Subtitle: the brother-sister syndrome as depicted by tale-type 872* : a cognitive behavioristic, demographically oriented text analysis of an Arab oikotype
By: by Hasan M. El-Shamy
Publisher: Trickster Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780915305469
Subjects: Brother and Sister (Tale); History and criticism
Description: "Beyond Oedipus reveals the existence of The Brother-Sister Syndrome, a pivotal psychological core that has been eclipsed by the presumption of the existence of an Oedipal complex among Arab and neighboring peoples. In essence the Syndrome is manifested through brother-sister love that strongly affects other nuclear family relationships as well as the structure of sentiments in the larger kinship groups. In addition to being a case study of "Folkloric Behavior" founded on verifiable evidence, Beyond Oedipus re-introduces and redefines the psychology of 'cognitive systems' to folklore scholarship. In its unique treatment of 39 variants of an Arab-world folk narrative, and a host of interconnected folk, popular and elite sociocultural expressions, this ground-breaking study accounts for aspects of performing a tale in a style and structure characteristics of ethnic, age, and gender groups"--Back cover.
Notes: "Part II of this volume previously appeared as El-Shamy, Hasan. Brother and sister. Type  872*: a cognitive behavioristic analysis of a Middle Eastern oikotype. Folklore monographs series, vol. 8. Bloomington: Folklore Publications Group, Indiana University, 1979)"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-239) and index.