Incest avoidance: Oedipal and preoedipal, natural and cultural

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1087-1112

  Paul, Robert A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; INCEST; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CULTURE; HUMANS; INCEST; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY;

EID: 79952263737     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003065110395759     Document Type: Article

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