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
by Malinowski, Bronislaw
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
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Martinsville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1929. Edge and corner worn, scuffed and scratched, no dj, small tear in the top of the spine, corners are bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, 392 is written on the inner front cover, overall a clean used copy! Black cloth with faded gilt lettering on the front cover. Deckled page edges. 603 unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages of text and 90 wonderful pages of black and white illustrations! "The sexual life of savages has long awaited its natural historian. Owing to sex taboos, that weigh at least as much on the civilized as on the savage mind, this subject has always been veiled in mystery. The mystery has been fascinating or sombre according to the general attitude to savagery that happened to prevail.". Reprint. Black Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Conover Books
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- 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
- Author
- Malinowski, Bronislaw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- HISTORY CULTURE ANTHROPOLOGY TRIBAL LIFE STATUS WOMAN MARRIAGE MORALS MANNERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology/Anthropology;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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