Anxious pleasures : the sexual lives of an Amazonian people /

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""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.
Temas:
Mehinacu Indians > Sexual behavior.
Indians of South America > Sexual behavior > Brazil.
Sex role > Brazil.
Mehinaku > Sexualité.
Rôle selon le sexe > Brésil.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Indians of South America > Sexual behavior.
Sex role.
Brazil.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Mehinaku and the Sexual Data; 2 Mehinaku Men and Women: A Sociology of Marriage, Sex, and Affection; 3 Facts of Life and Symbols of Gender; 4 Sexual Relations; 5 Food for Thought: The Symbolism of Sexual Relations and Eating; 6 Men's House; 7 Anxious Pleasures; 8 Anxious Dreams; 9 Tapir Woman: Socialization and Personality Theory; 10 Ears, Eclipses, and Menstruating Men:The Feminine Self in Masculine Culture; 11 The Universal Male; References; Index.

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