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Psychopathic trends in culture
Character and personality • 7 • Published In 1939 • Pages: 331-343
By: Aginsky, Bernard W. (Bernard Willard).
Abstract
This work, written by B. W. Aginsky, a professional anthropologist at the College of the City of New York, draws upon the author's background in both anthropology and psychology to present to the reader some aspects of the northern California Pomo Indian culture, as derived from the attitudes of the people themselves and the patterned behavior they exhibit in their society. This study is primarily concerned with the psychological building up of tensions and pressures within the society, their release through various forms of orgiastic behavior, and the reactions to and control of such behavior by the members of the society as viewed from the institutionalized patterned context of the Pomo culture.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1960
- Field Date
- 1934-1936
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- northern California, United States
- Notes
- Burt W. Aginsky
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- sc 81007070
- LCSH
- Pomo Indians