Blood relations : menstruation and the origins of culture

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The emergence of symbolic culture is generally linked with the development of the hunger-gatherer adaptation based on a sexual division of labor. This original and ingenious book presents a new theory of how this symbolic domain originated. Integrating perspectives of evolutionary biography and soci...

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Main Author: Knight, Chris, 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 1991
Subjects:
Menstruation > Mythology.
Anthropology.
Culture > Origin.
Culture.
Menstruation.
Sociology.
Culture
Menstruation
Sociology
Anthropology
anthropology.
culture note.
sociology.
culture (concept)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Culture > Origin
Menstruation > Mythology
Cultuur.
Ontstaansgeschiedenis.
Biosociale aspecten.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Anthropology and Origins
  • Chapter 2. Levi-Strauss and ' the Mind'
  • Chapter 3. Totemism as Exchange
  • Chapter 4. The Sex Strike
  • Chapter 5. Origins Theories in the 1 98 0s
  • Chapter 6. Solidarity and Cycles
  • Chapter 7. The Shores of Eden
  • Chapter 8. Between Water , Stone and Fire
  • Chapter 9. The Revolution
  • Chapter 10. The Hunter's Moon
  • Chapter 11. The Raw and the Cooked
  • Chapter 12. The Reds
  • Chapter 13. The Rainbow Snake
  • Chapter 14. The Dragon Within
  • Chapter 15. Becoming Human
  • Bibliography
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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