Sexualities in Anthropology: A Reader - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 140519054X ISBN 13 : 9781405190541

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

Synopsis

This thought-provoking new collection, Sexualities in Anthropology: A Reader offers insights into the diversity of human social beliefs and practices relating to sexuality in different times and in different cultures around the world.

• Substantial editorial introductions set each Part in context of the field, providing readers helpful background and explanatory notes.

• Presents a comprehensive collection of key historical and current readings in the social anthropology of sexuality
• Includes literature on both heterosexualities and same-sex sexualities
• Explores the key works and major debates of prominent scholars in the field, such as Mead, Malinowski, Newton, Herdt, and others
• Introduces readers to major theoretical developments (“essentialist” and “constructionist” positions)

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andrew Lyons is Editor-in-Chief of Anthropologica, Journal of the Canadian Anthropology Society. He is Professor Emeritus at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. Andrew and Harriet Lyons are co-authors of Irregular Connections: A History of Anthropology and Sexuality (2004).

Harriet Lyons is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Waterloo, Ontario.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 140519054X
• ISBN 13: 9781405190541
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 408
• Éditeur: Lyons Andrew P., Lyons Harriet D.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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