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Anxious pleasures : the sexual lives of an Amazonian people /

""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 gi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gregor, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1987.
Edición:Pbk. edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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