Sexualities in Anthropology: A Reader (Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Band 15) - Softcover

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ANDREW P. LYONS is Editor-in-Chief of Anthropologica, journal of the Canadian Anthropology Society. He is Professor Emeritus at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. He is a co-author, with Harriet Lyons, of Irregular Connections: A History of Anthropology and Sexuality (2004).

HARRIET D. LYONS is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Waterloo, Ontario.

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Sexualities in Anthropology

BLACKWELL ANTHOLOGIES IN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

"The Lyons present a very insightful, informative, and articulate reader in the anthropology of sexuality. Their book turns a bright analytic light on over a century of important cross-cultural writings on sexuality, with each section introduced in an enticing fashion by the editors. Anyone in this field would benefit by reading this book."
Ira L. Reiss, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota

"This inspired set of essays brings together classics in the study of sexuality and is set to shape the field for years to come. Each section is brilliantly contextualized by the editors, whose crisp and authoritative introductions both illuminate the significance of the contributions and advance our understanding of sexualities in anthropology."
Hastings Donnan, Co-author of The Anthropology of Sex and Professor of Anthropology, Queen's University Belfast

Shedding important new light on a subject as old as humanity itself, Sexualities in Anthropology: A Reader presents a comprehensive collection of historical and current readings in the social anthropology of sexuality. Succinct and revealing excerpts from key figures in the history of anthropology about sexualities, morality, and the family are featured. The most recent literature on both heterosexualities and same-sex sexualities is also included, as well as material on past and present controversies, including Derek Freeman's famous attack on Margaret Mead's writings on sexual freedom in Samoa; the notion of "primitive" promiscuity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; concerns for the practice of clitoridectomy and other forms of genital cutting; the discussion of homosexualities in different cultures; and the meaning of love. Thought-provoking and always fascinating, Sexualities in Anthropology: A Reader offers keen insights into the diversity of human social beliefs, practices, and interactions relating to human sexual behavior around the world.