In the Trobriands, Bronislaw Malinowski:

a. ?found direct evidence of the Oedipal complex and used these islands as support for the theory.
b. ?found indirect evidence of the Oedipal complex and noted that it rarely occurs.
c. ?did not find evidence of the Oedipal complex and argued that this was a Western cultural product.
d. ?found that the Oedipal complex functioned in older generations but was no longer relevant.


ANSWER:
c

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