Sexual Lives of Savages - [1932/1952]

This volume provides an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the people of the Trobriand Islands.

Sommario

1: The Relations Between the Sexes in Tribal Life; 2: The Status of Woman in Native Society; 3: Prenuptial Intercourse Between the Sexes; 4: The Avenues to Marriage; 5: Marriage; 6: Divorce and the Dissolution of Marriage by Death; 7: Procreation and Pregnancy in Native Belief and Custom; 8: Pregnancy and Childbirth; 9: Customary Forms of Licence; 10: Love Making and the Psychology of Erotic Life; 11: The Magic of Love and Beauty; 12: Erotic Dreams and Fantasies; 13: Morals and Manners; 14: A Savage Myth of Incest

Info autore

Bronislav Malinowski

Riassunto

This volume provides an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the people of the Trobriand Islands.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Malinowski, Malinowski, Bronislav Malinowski, Bronislaw Malinowski, MALINOWSKI BRONISLAW
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.11.2010
• EAN: 9780415606523
• ISBN: 978-0-415-60652-3
• Pagine: 654
• Categorie: Saggistica > Enciclopedie, opere di consultazione > Enciclopedie, lessici; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, REFERENCE / General, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference, Society and culture: general