Anxious Pleasures: The Sexual Lives of an Amazonian PeopleUniversity of Chicago Press, 15 janv. 1987 - 223 pages "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 Amazonian people." The book is illustrated with Mehinaku drawings of ritual texts and myths, as well as with photographs of the villagers taking part in both everyday and ceremonial activities. |
Table des matières
Introduction | 1 |
The Mehinaku and the Sexual Data | 10 |
Mehinaku Men and Women A Sociology of Marriage Sex and Affection | 22 |
Facts of Life and Symbols of Gender | 39 |
Sexual Relations | 52 |
Food for Thought The Symbolism of Sexual Relations and Eating | 69 |
Mens House | 92 |
Anxious Pleasures | 131 |
Anxious Dreams | 152 |
Tapir Woman Socialization and Personality Theory | 162 |
Ears Eclipses and Menstruating Men The Feminine Self in Masculine Culture | 184 |
The Universal Male | 200 |
References | 211 |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Anxious Pleasures: The Sexual Lives of an Amazonian People Thomas Gregor Aucun aperçu disponible - 2008 |
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