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Beginning politics in the reproductive cycle of children's tales and games in Iran : an [!] historical inquiry / Cosroe Chaqueri.

Title
Beginning politics in the reproductive cycle of children's tales and games in Iran : an [!] historical inquiry / Cosroe Chaqueri.
Author
Chaquèri, Cosroe.
Publication
Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c1992.

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Description
v, 251 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Child development > Iran
  • Tales > Social aspects > Iran
  • Games > Social aspects > Iran
  • Folklore and children > Iran
  • Personality and culture > Iran
  • Political culture > Iran
  • National characteristics, Iranian
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-242) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction --- An analysis of some Iranian tales --- A comparison with Arab, Turkish and Chinese tales --- The trilateral motif complex in socio-historical reality --- Historical roots of the perislamic character --- Iranian children’s games and the social concepts they reproduce --- The promotion of the pawn, social mobility and the game of chess in Islamic Persia --- Oedipus complex in chess, a Eurocentrist bias --- Quinquilateral motif complex and the shaping of political behavior.
ISBN
0773492283
LCCN
^^^92021159^
OCLC
419926450
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library