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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797617503321

Autore

Cormier Loretta A.

Titolo

The domesticated penis : how womanhood has shaped manhood / / Loretta A. Cormier, Sharyn R. Jones ; cover design Michele Myatt Quinn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University Alabama Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8173-8850-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Classificazione

SOC002010SOC032000SOC028000

Disciplina

305.31

Soggetti

Penis

Penis - Social aspects

Masculinity

Men - Sexual behavior

Women - History

Sex role - History

Human evolution

Feminist archaeology

Feminist anthropology

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. The Human Penis: Why Study the Phallus?; 2. The Sexual Penis: The Phallus in Evolutionary Perspective; 3. The Patriarchal Penis: Phallic Cults and the Dawn of Agriculture; 4. The Cultural Penis: Diversity in Phallic Symbolisms; 5. The Erotic-Exotic Penis: Phallic Facts and Fictions; 6. The Domesticated Penis: The Phallus and the Future; Epilogue; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"The Domesticated Penis is the first anthropological history of the penis, incorporating evidence from evolutionary theory, primatology, archaeology, and cultural anthropology"--