Author: Malinowski, Bronislaw (1884-1942)
Title: The sexual life of savages in North-western Melanesia: an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage, and family life among the natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea / Bronislaw Malinowski; with a preface by Havelock Ellis
Description: London; New York: Routledge 1968. Reprint. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 505 pages. Contents: ch. 1. The relations between the sexes in tribal life -- ch. 2. The status of women in native society -- ch. 3. Prenuptial intercourse -- ch. 4. The avenues to marriage -- ch. 5. Marriage -- ch. 6. Divorce and the dissolution of marriage by death -- ch. 7. Procreation and pregnancy in native belief and custom -- ch. 8. Pregnancy and childbirth -- ch. 9. Customary forms of license -- ch. 10. Lovemaking and the psychology of erotic life -- ch. 11. The magic of love and beauty -- ch. 12. Erotic dreams and fantasies -- ch. 13. Morals and measures -- ch. 14. A savage myth of incest. Subjects: Ethnology Papua New Guinea Trobriand Islands. Sex customs Papua New Guinea Trobriand Islands. Families Papua New Guinea Trobriand Islands. ISBN: 071006179x.

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