ISBN:
0803229534
,
080328036X
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 419 S.
,
Ill.
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
Critical studies in the history of anthropology
DDC:
306.709
Keywords:
Sex customs History
;
Primitive societies
;
Anthropology History
;
Anthropologists Attitudes
;
Sex customs History
;
Primitive societies
;
Anthropology History
;
Anthropologists Attitudes
;
Ethnologie
;
Naturvolk
;
Sexualverhalten
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Introduction -- Three images of primitive sexuality and the definition of species -- Sex and the refuge for destitute truth -- Matriarchy, marriage by capture, and other fantasies -- The reconstruction of "primitive sexuality" at the fin de siècle -- "Old africa hands" -- Malinowski as "reluctant sexologist" -- Margaret Mead, the future of language, and lost opportunities -- The "silence" -- Sex in contemporary anthropology -- Conclusions and unfinished business.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Three images of primitive sexuality and the definition of species -- Sex and the refuge for destitute truth -- Matriarchy, marriage by capture, and other fantasies -- The reconstruction of "primitive sexuality" at the Fin de Siècle -- "Old Africa hands" -- Malinowski as "reluctant sexologist" -- Margaret Mead, the future of language, and lost opportunities -- The "silence" -- Sex in contemporary anthropology -- Conclusions and unfinished business
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-384) and index
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