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.

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