Anxious Pleasures
The Sexual Lives of an Amazonian People

231 pages
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6 x 9
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© 1985
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Table of Contents

Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Mehinaku and the Sexual Data
2. Mehinaku Men and Women: A Sociology of Marriage, Sex, and Affection
3. Facts of Life and Symbols of Gender
4. Sexual Relations
5. Food for Thought: The Symbolism of Sexual Relations and Eating
6. Men’s House
7. Anxious Pleasures
8. Anxious Dreams
9. Tapir Woman: Socialization and Personality Theory
10. Ears, Eclipses, and Menstruating Men: The Feminine Self in Masculine Culture
11. The Universal Male
References
Index
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Mehinaku and the Sexual Data
2. Mehinaku Men and Women: A Sociology of Marriage, Sex, and Affection
3. Facts of Life and Symbols of Gender
4. Sexual Relations
5. Food for Thought: The Symbolism of Sexual Relations and Eating
6. Men’s House
7. Anxious Pleasures
8. Anxious Dreams
9. Tapir Woman: Socialization and Personality Theory
10. Ears, Eclipses, and Menstruating Men: The Feminine Self in Masculine Culture
11. The Universal Male
References
Index
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