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 Bronislaw Malinowski ; with a preface by Havelock Ellis

London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982. Reprint. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 505 pages, 96 unnumbered pages of plates : maps, plans; 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Third ed. originally published 1932. Includes text in Trobriand. Contents: 1. The relations between the sexes in tribal life. -- 2. The status of woman in native society. -- 3. Prenuptial intercourse. -- 4. The avenues to marriage. -- 5. Marriage. -- 6. Divorce and the dissolution of marriage and death. -- 7. Procreation and pregnancy in native belief and custiom. -- 8. Pregnancy and childbirth. -- 9. Customary forms of licence. -- 10. Lovemaking and the psychology of erotic life. -- 11. The magic of love and beauty. -- 12. Erotic dreams and fantasies. -- 13. Morals and manners. -- 14. A savage myth of incest. Subjects: Families; Sex; Anthropology; Ethnology Trobriand Islands; Sexual Behavior; Papua New Guinea; Trobriand Islands. Sex relations - Anthropological perspectives; Primitive societies; Ethnology Papua New Guinea Trobriand Islands; Sex customs ; Trobriand Islands; Society, Primitive; Primitive societies Papua New Guinea Trobriand Islands; Courtship Papua New Guinea Trobriand Islands; Marriage Papua New Guinea Trobriand Islands; Families Papua New Guinea Trobriand Islands.