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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451765203321

Autore

Lyons Andrew P (Andrew Paul)

Titolo

Irregular connections [[electronic resource] ] : a history of anthropology and sexuality / / Andrew P. Lyons and Harriet D. Lyons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2004

ISBN

1-280-42413-3

9786610424139

0-8032-0437-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (437 p.)

Collana

Critical studies in the history of anthropology

Altri autori (Persone)

LyonsHarriet

Disciplina

306.7/09

Soggetti

Sex customs - History

Primitive societies

Anthropology - History

Anthropologists - Attitudes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-384) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.