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An ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of the trobriand islands, British new Guinea.
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Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) was one of the most important anthropologists of the twentieth century. He was known for his ethnographic work in the Trobriand Islands, which yielded material for such classic works as Argonauts of the Western Pacific, Sexual Life of Savages in Northwestern Melanesia, Coral Gardens and Their Magic, and Crime and Custom in Savage Society.
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- PublisherCosmo Publications
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 8130702924
- ISBN 13 9788130702926
- BindingHardcover
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Sexual Life of Savages : In North Western Melanesia : An Ethnographic Account of Courtship
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ISBN 13: 9788130702926
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Book Description Hardbound. Condition: As New. New. Contents Preface by Havelock Ellis. Foreword. 1. The relations between the sexes in tribal life. 2. The status of woman in native society. 3. Prenuptial intercourse. 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. Lovemaking 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. Index. An ethnographic account of courtship marriage and family life among the natives of the Trobriand Islands British New Guinea. The sexual life of savages has long awaited its natural historian. Owing to sex taboos that weigh at least as much on the civilized as on the savage mind this subject has always been veiled in mystery. The mystery has been fascinating or somber according to the general attitude to savagery that happened to prevail. 506 pp. Seller Inventory # 58616
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