Book

Sex and repression in savage society

Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. Inc.London • Published In 1927 • Pages:

By: Malinowski, Bronislaw.

Abstract
In this book Malinowski applies the psychoanalytic method to a non-European people, the Trobriand Islanders. Malinowski concludes that the Oedipus complex as found among the Europeans does not exist here. Rather, it is in a sense, split; the ambivalent love and hate felt toward the father by Europeans is here replaced by simple love for the father and dislike for the maternal uncle, while incestuous feelings toward the mother are replaced by incestuous feelings toward the sister. In elaborating this thesis, Malinowski presents data on childhood activities, sex and courtship, married life and family relationships, myth, magic, and sorcery.
Subjects
Personality development
culture
Trobriands
HRAF PubDate
1995
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Melanesia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Arthur Fields
Field Date
1914-1920
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Papua New Guinea
Notes
[by] Bronislaw Malinowski
LCSH
Trobriand Islanders