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Sex and repression in an Irish folk community
Human Sexual Behavior; Variations in the Ethnographic Spectrum • New York • Published In 1971 • Pages: 3-37
By: Messenger, John C. (John Cowan).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed psycho-social analysis of the manifestations, historical causes, inculcation, and historical and cultural implications of sexual repression in an isolated Aran Island community. A brief culture historical summary is presented as an introduction. The author sees strong functional relationships between the Celtic religious tradition combined with nineteenth century "puritanical" Catholicism, family relationships and expression of emotion, sexual repression, and rate of emigration. A selection of quotations from other authors on religious influences on personality development is included.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sexuality
- Social control
- General sex restrictions
- Ethos
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Personality development
- Theological systems
- Regulation of marriage
- Family relationships
- Ethnopsychology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Rural Irish
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2016
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- British Isles
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Cultural Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Bridges; Dubravka Schmalzbauer; 1973
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1958-1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1958-1966
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Inisheer, Aran Islands, County Galway, Connacht, Ireland
- NotesAdditional notes
- John C. Messenger
- Includes bibliogrphical references (p. 36-37)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 780135552
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Ireland