Sex and repression in savage society /

Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942

Sex and repression in savage society / Bronislaw Malinowski. - xiii, 224 pages ; 20 cm. - Routledge classics . - Routledge classics. .

Originally published: New York : Harcourt, Brace, 1927. Includes index.

pt. I. The Formation of a Complex -- 1. The Problem -- 2. The Family in Father-right and Mother-right -- 3. The First State of the Family Drama -- 4. Fatherhood in Mother-right -- 5. Infantile Sexuality -- 6. Apprenticeship to Life -- 7. The Sexuality of Later Childhood -- 8. Puberty -- 9. The Complex of Mother-right -- pt. II. The Mirror of Tradition -- 1. Complex and Myth in Mother-right -- 2. Disease and Perversion -- 3. Dreams and Deeds -- 4. Obscenity and Myth -- pt. III. Psycho-analysis and Anthropology -- 1. The Rift Between Psycho-analysis and Social Science -- 2. A 'Repressed Complex' -- 3. 'The Primordial Cause of Culture' -- 4. The Consequences of the Parricide -- 5. The Original Parricide Analysed -- 6. Complex or Sentiment? -- pt. IV. Instinct and Culture -- 1. The Transition from Nature to Culture -- 2. The Family as the Cradle of Nascent Culture -- 3. Rut and Mating in Animal and Man -- 4. Marital Relations -- 5. Parental Love -- 6. The Persistence of Family Ties in Man -- 7. The Plasticity of Human Instincts -- 8. From Instinct to Sentiment -- 9. Motherhood and the Temptations of Incest -- 10. Authority and Repression -- 11. Father-right and Mother-right -- 12. Culture and the 'Complex'.

"In Sex and Repression in Savage Society Malinowski applies his experiences on the Trobriand Islands to the study of sexuality, and the attendant issues of eroticism, obscenity, incest, oppression, power and parenthood."--Publisher description.

0415255546 9780415255547

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Families
Families--Papua New Guinea--Trobriand Islands
Sex customs--Papua New Guinea--Trobriand Islands
Psychoanalysis and culture--Papua New Guinea--Trobriand Islands
Trobriand Islanders--Psychology
Trobriand Islanders--Social life and customs


Trobriand Islanders--Sexual behavior.

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