| Edition |
Pbk. edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 223 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
""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 give expression to a system of symbols reminiscent of psychosexual neuroses identified by Freud: castration anxiety, Oedipal conflict, fantasies of loss of strength through sex, and a host of others. ""If we look carefully, "" writes Gregor, ""we will see reflections of our own sexual nature in the life ways of an Amazoni. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Michinacu Indians -- Sexual behavior.
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Indians of South America -- Sexual behavior -- Brazil.
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Indians of South America -- Sexual behavior. |
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Brazil. |
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Indians of South America. |
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Sex role -- Brazil.
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Sex role. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Gender roles. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Gregor, Thomas. Anxious pleasures. Pbk. edition 0226307433 (DLC) 84023939 (OCoLC)23455439 |
| ISBN |
9780226150161 (electronic book) |
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022615016X (electronic book) |
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0226307433 |
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9780226307435 |
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0226307417 |
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9780226307411 |
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