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Life Is Like A Chicken Coop Ladder
Alan Dundes
A Study Of German National Character Through Folklore
Wayne State University Press
August 1989
On Sale: July 30, 1989
138 pages ISBN: 0814320384 EAN: 9780814320389 Paperback (reprint)
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Non-Fiction
Life Is Like a Chicken Coop Ladder" was first published in
1984 and from the outset inspired a wide variety of
reactions ranging from high praise to utter disgust. Alan
Dundes' theses identifies a strong anal erotic element in
German national character, citing numerous examples of
scatological data from authentic compilations of German
folklore. The examination of this single trait of German
character is used to demonstrate that national character
exists and that its existence is unambiguously documented by
the folklore of a nation. Dundes is of the opinion that the
use of folkloristic data minimizes subjective bias in the
study of national character, since unedited or uncensored,
it constitutes a unique way of looking at a culture from the
inside-out rather than from the outside-in, the more typical
situation of an outside observer trying to understand a
foreign culture.
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