Sex and Repression in Savage Society

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Sex and Repression in Savage Society is a seminal anthropological study by Bronisław Malinowski that examines family structure, sexuality, and the origins of psychological repression in so-called "primitive" societies.

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instanceOf anthropological study
book
academicDiscipline anthropology
psychoanalysis
psychology
argues family organization influences development of neuroses
psychological repression is shaped by social structure
author Bronislaw Malinowski NERFINISHED
Bronisław Malinowski NERFINISHED
basedOn fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticizes universality of the Oedipus complex
examines authority of parents
education of children
incest taboos
parent–child relations
relationship between culture and personality
role of myth in social life
fieldOfWork Freudian theory
anthropology of kinship
psychological anthropology
focusesOn Trobriand Islanders NERFINISHED
genre cultural anthropology
social anthropology
hasInfluenced studies of kinship and sexuality
theory of culture and personality
hasPart analysis of Trobriand myths
comparison with European family structures
discussion of matrilineal kinship
influenced culture and personality school in anthropology
later debates on universality of psychoanalytic concepts
language English
mainSubject Oedipus complex NERFINISHED
anthropology
family structure
psychoanalysis
psychological repression
sexuality
social organization
notableFor challenging Freudian universals
linking social structure and individual psychology
publicationYear 1927
publisher Routledge NERFINISHED
setting Trobriand Islands NERFINISHED
timePeriodDescribed early 20th century
writtenBy Bronisław Malinowski NERFINISHED

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Bronisław Malinowski notableWork Sex and Repression in Savage Society