Sexualities in Anthropology: A Reader (Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Band 21) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 140519054X ISBN 13: 9781405190541

Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT, 2011

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This thought-provoking new collection, Sexualities in Anthropology: A Reader offers insights into the diversity of human social beliefs and practices relating to sexuality in different times and in different cultures around the world.

Substantial editorial introductions set each Part in context of the field, providing readers helpful background and explanatory notes.
Presents a comprehensive collection of key historical and current readings in the social anthropology of sexuality
Includes literature on both heterosexualities and same-sex sexualities
Explores the key works and major debates of prominent scholars in the field, such as Mead, Malinowski, Newton, Herdt, and others
Introduces readers to major theoretical developments (&;essentialist&; and &;constructionist&; positions)

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Andrew Lyons is Editor-in-Chief of Anthropologica, Journal of the Canadian Anthropology Society. He is Professor Emeritus at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. Andrew and Harriet Lyons are co-authors of Irregular Connections: A History of Anthropology and Sexuality (2004).

Harriet Lyons is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Waterloo, Ontario.

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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 anthropology about sexualities, morality, and the family are featured. The most recent literature on both heterosexualities and same-sex sexualities is also included, as well as material on past and present controversies, including Derek Freeman's famous attack on Margaret Mead's writings on sexual freedom in Samoa; the notion of &;primitive&; promiscuity in the 19th and early 20th centuries; concerns for the practice of clitoridectomy and other forms of &;genital cutting;&; the discussion of homosexualities in different cultures; and the meaning of love. Thought-provoking and always fascinating, Sexualities in Anthropology: A Reader offers keen insights into the diversity of human social beliefs, practices, and interactions relating to human sexual behavior around the world.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: PAPERBACKSHOP UK IMPORT
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 140519054X
• ISBN 13: 9781405190541
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 408
• Herausgeber: Lyons Andrew P., Lyons Harriet D.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Buchpark GmbH; gpsr@buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Deutschland