Sex and Repression in Savage Society

"Sex and Repression in Savage Society" is a seminal work by renowned anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski that bridges the gap between social anthropology and psychoanalysis. In this provocative study, Malinowski critiques the universality of Sigmund Freud's Oedipus complex by presenting his extensive fieldwork among the Trobriand Islanders of Melanesia. By contrasting the matrilineal social structure of the Trobriands with the patriarchal family dynamics of Western Europe, he illustrates ho...