Sexualities in Anthropology: A Reader

ISBN 10: 1405190531 / ISBN 13: 9781405190534

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell, 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)

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

ANDREW P. LYONS is Editor-in-Chief of Anthropologica, journal of the Canadian Anthropology Society. He is Professor Emeritus at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. He is a co-author, with Harriet Lyons, of Irregular Connections: A History of Anthropology and Sexuality (2004).

HARRIET D. LYONS is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Waterloo, Ontario.

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Titel: Sexualities in Anthropology: A Reader
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: good