Primitive Passions: Men, Women, and the Quest for Ecstasy Paperback - 1998
by Marianna Torgovnick
From the rear cover
In this provocative and illuminating book, Marianna Torgovnick explores the psychology of our profound attraction to cultures we call "primitive". Whether located in Africa, the South Pacific, or the American Southwest, the primitive has become synonymous in the Western imagination with a range of emotions and experiences thought to be lost in modern life: reverence for the land and for nature; strong communal bonds; sexual plentitude; and, perhaps most intriguing, and ecstatic sense of connection to the universe and the life force. Torgovnick investigates the numerous ways we have turned toward the primitive out of spiritual hunger for such deeply human experiences - a hunger that could once be satisfied within the West's own mystical traditions but that often no longer can be. Brilliantly encompassing religion, art, psychology, literature, and other aspects of our culture, Primitive Passions offers new insight into our ideas of spirituality and gender, and, ultimately, into the hidden but vital parts of ourselves.
Details
- Title Primitive Passions: Men, Women, and the Quest for Ecstasy
- Author Marianna Torgovnick
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 2nd
- Pages 280
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
- Date 1998-10
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780226808376 / 0226808378
- Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.01 x 0.63 in (22.86 x 15.27 x 1.60 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Sex role, Spirituality
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98025005
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.3
More Copies for Sale
Primitive Passions: Men, Women, and the Quest for Ecstasy
by Torgovnick, Marianna
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780226808376 / 0226808378
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Eugene , Oregon, United States
- Item Price
-
$3.99$3.99 shipping to USA
Show Details
Primitive Passions: Men, Women, and the Quest for Ecstasy
by Torgovnick, Marianna
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780226808376 / 0226808378
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
$6.36FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Primitive Passions : Men, Women, and the Quest for Ecstasy
by Marianna Torgovnick
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780226808376 / 0226808378
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
$6.36FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Primitive Passions : Men, Women, and the Quest for Ecstasy
by Torgovnick, Marianna
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780226808376 / 0226808378
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$7.60FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Primitive Passions: Men, Women, and the Quest for Ecstasy
by Marianna Torgovnick
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780226808376 / 0226808378
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
$8.28FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Primitive Passions
by Torgovnick, Marianna
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780226808376 / 0226808378
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Boise, Idaho, United States
- Item Price
-
$11.47$5.45 shipping to USA
Show Details
Primitive Passions; Men, Women, and the quest for Ecstasy
by Torgovnick, Marianna
- Used
- Condition
- Used
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780226808376 / 0226808378
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
El Cerrito, California, United States
- Item Price
-
$15.00$6.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Primitive Passions: Men, Women, and the Quest for Ecstasy
by Torgovnick, Marianna
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780226808376 / 0226808378
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
San Diego, California, United States
- Item Price
-
$64.54$5.45 shipping to USA