Anthropological Theory: An Introductory HistoryA comprehensive and accessible survey of the history of theory in anthropology, this anthology of classic readings contains in-depth commentary in introductions and notes to help guide students through excerpts of seminal anthropological works. The commentary provides the background information needed to understand each article, its central concepts, and its relationship to the social and historical context in which it was written. |
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Page 447
... sexual control affected the very na- ture of colonial relations themselves ( Tiffany and Adams 1985 ) . In colonial scholarship more gen- erally , sexual domination has figured as a social metaphor of European supremacy . Thus , in Ed ...
... sexual control affected the very na- ture of colonial relations themselves ( Tiffany and Adams 1985 ) . In colonial scholarship more gen- erally , sexual domination has figured as a social metaphor of European supremacy . Thus , in Ed ...
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... sexual reveries in colonial literature , men of color were considered to see them as desired and seductive figures . European women needed protection because men of color had " primitive " sexual urges and uncontrollable lust , aroused ...
... sexual reveries in colonial literature , men of color were considered to see them as desired and seductive figures . European women needed protection because men of color had " primitive " sexual urges and uncontrollable lust , aroused ...
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... SEXUAL MORALITY Though sex cannot of itself enable men to transcend racial barriers , it generates some admiration and affection across them , which is healthy , and which cannot always be dismissed as merely self - interested and ...
... SEXUAL MORALITY Though sex cannot of itself enable men to transcend racial barriers , it generates some admiration and affection across them , which is healthy , and which cannot always be dismissed as merely self - interested and ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Sigmund Freud The Return of Totemism in Childhood 1913 | 67 |
The Foundations of Sociological Thought | 84 |
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