Anxious Pleasures (Paperback, New edition)

"Good fish get dull but sex is always fun." So say the Mehinaku people of Brazil. But Thomas Gregor shows that sex brings a supreme ambiguity to the villagers' lives. In their elaborate rituals--especially those practiced by the men in their secret societies--the Mehinaku give expression to a system of symbols reminiscent of psychosexual neuroses identified by Freud: castration anxiety, Oedipal conflict, fantasies of loss of strength through sex, and a host of others. "If we look carefully," writes Gregor, "we will see reflections of our own sexual nature in the life ways of an Amazonian people." The book is illustrated with Mehinaku drawings of ritual texts and myths, as well as with photographs of the villagers taking part in both everyday and ceremonial activities.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1987
First published:	1987
Authors:	Thomas Gregor
Dimensions:	229 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	231
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-30743-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Sexual behaviour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-226-30743-3
Barcode:	9780226307435

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