book chapter
Notes and illustrations of Navaho sex behavior
psychoanalysis and culture • New York • Published In 1951 • Pages:
By: Dyk, Walter.
Abstract
The material presented here by a well-known ethnologist in the Navajo field deals primarily with the form of sex behavior so popular among the Navajo, 'prowling.' Five anecdotes illustrating both male and female prowling are provided along with incidental information on modesty in dress. Dyk maintains the custom of prowling has developed as a means of satisfying sexual curiosity which has been frustrated by the cultural requirements for modesty in dress. He believed that changing cultural patterns brought about by contact with the Euro-Americans' emphasis on exposure of the body would gradually lead to the disappearance of the custom. This source is of particular value as it is one of the very few which discuss Navajo sexual behavior.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Katchen S. Coley ; 1951-1953
- Field Date
- 1933-1935, 1947-1948
- Coverage Date
- 1933-1948
- Coverage Place
- Navajo reservation, southwestern United States
- Notes
- Walter Dyk
- This document consists of excerpts
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 51013478
- LCSH
- Navajo Indians