The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Published: July 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 732
ISBN-13: 9780898753790
Subjects: Anthropology; Sociology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Anthropology - General
First sentence: We find in the Trobriands a matrilineal society, in which descent, kinship, and every social relationship are legally reckoned through the mother only, and in which women have a considerable share in tribal life, even to the taking of a leading part in economic, ceremonial, and magical activities-a fact which very deeply influences all the customs of erotic life as well as the institution of marriage.