Primitive Passions
Men, Women, and the Quest for Ecstasy
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Customs & Traditions, Art & Architecture, Art History, Anthropology
| Author: | Marianna Torgovnick | ISBN: | 9780307826114 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | March 6, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Knopf | Language: | English |
| Author: | Marianna Torgovnick |
| ISBN: | 9780307826114 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | March 6, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Knopf |
| Language: | English |
Beginning with early 20th-century figures--among them Carl Jung, Isak Dinesen, and Georgia O'Keeffe--who found in "the primitive" a medium for soul-searching and personal change, Torgovnivk probes how the return to the primitive has signaled a quest to transcend the limitations of the body in a variety of contemporary practices, from genital piercing to New Age rites to the mythopoetic men's movement. Illustrations. 272 pp. Author tour. 10,000 print.
Beginning with early 20th-century figures--among them Carl Jung, Isak Dinesen, and Georgia O'Keeffe--who found in "the primitive" a medium for soul-searching and personal change, Torgovnivk probes how the return to the primitive has signaled a quest to transcend the limitations of the body in a variety of contemporary practices, from genital piercing to New Age rites to the mythopoetic men's movement. Illustrations. 272 pp. Author tour. 10,000 print.
