Question
Bronislaw Malinowski’s studies among the Trobriand people led him to claim that a condition named for this figure was driven by power rather than jealousy in non-Western societies. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this figure. Many anthropologists have studied whether a Freudian “complex” named for this figure is universal among different societies.
ANSWER: Oedipus [accept the Oedipus complex]
[10m] Building on The Interpretation of Dreams, Ernest Jones claimed that this character suffered from an Oedipal complex. Laura Bohannan described the cultural difficulties in explaining this character’s story to the Tiv people in an essay titled for this character’s creator “in the Bush.”
ANSWER: Hamlet [accept Hamlet and Oedipus] (That essay is “Shakespeare in the Bush.”)
[10h] This anthropologist analyzed the Tallensi’s belief in evil “prenatal destiny” in Oedipus and Job in West African Religion. Along with E. E. Evans-Pritchard, this thinker edited the anthology African Political Systems.
ANSWER: Meyer Fortes
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | throw away your cards, rally in the streets | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Thompson et al. | Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | UBC | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |