Andrew P. and Harriet D. Lyons
English | 2004 | ISBN: 0803229534 | PDF | 437 Pages |
Irregular Connections traces the anthropological study of sex
from the eighteenth century to the present, focusing primarily on social
and cultural anthropology and the work done by researchers in North
America and Great Britain. Andrew P. and Harriet D. Lyons argue that the
sexuality of those whom anthropologists studied has been conscripted
into Western discourses about sex, including debates about prostitution,
homosexuality, divorce, premarital relations, and hierarchies of
gender, class, and race.?Because sex is the most private of activities
and often carries a high emotional charge, it is peculiarly difficult to
investigate. At times, such as the late 1920s and the last decade of
the twentieth century, sexuality has been a central concern of
anthropologists and focal in their theoretical formulations. At other
times the study of sexuality has been marginalized. The anthropology of
sex has sometimes been one of the main faces that anthropology presented
to the public, often causing resentment within the
discipline.?Irregular Connections discusses several individuals who have
played a significant role in the anthropological study of sexuality,
including Sir Richard Burton, Havelock Ellis, Edward Westermarck,
Bronislaw Malinowski, Margaret Mead, George Devereux, Robert Levy,
Gilbert Herdt, Stephen O. Murray, and Esther Newton. Synthesizing a
wealth of information from different anthropological traditions, the
authors offer a seamless history of the anthropology of sex as it has
been practiced and conceptualized in North America and Great Britain.
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