Sexualities in anthropology : a reader

"Shedding important new light on a subject as old as humanity itself, Sexualities in Anthropology: A Reader presents a comprehensive collection of historical and current readings in the social anthropology of sexuality. Succinct and revealing excerpts from key figures in the history of anthropo...

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Main Authors: Lyons, Andrew P. [ (Andrew Paul] , 1944- (Author), Lyons, Harriet D. , 1943- (Author), Weston, Kath , 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chhichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell , c2011
Series:Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology 15
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Sex, race and gender in anthropological history
  • 2. Primitive promiscuity and matriarchal theory ('oversexed savages')
  • 3. Against primitive promiscuity (fear of sex)
  • 4. Early work on homosexualities
  • 5. Heterosexual freedoms - elsewhere
  • 6. Sexual repression - a test case
  • 7. Virgin birth
  • 8. The attack on Margaret mead
  • 9. Genital cutting
  • 10. Gay, bisexual, lesbian, transgender
  • 11. Heterosexuality today