Primitive passions: Men, women and the quest for ecstasy

Author(s) : Marianna Torgovnick

Primitive passions: Men, women and the quest for ecstasy

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  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Published : 1998
  • Category :
    Culture and Psychoanalysis
  • Catalogue No : 7013
  • ISBN 13 : 9780226808376
  • ISBN 10 : 0226808378
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Linking literature, art, psychology and cultural studies, this work investigates Westerners' attraction to "primitive" cultures. Torgovnick explores the stories of Jung, Dinesen, O'Keefe and Lawrence and the ways they use the primitive as a medium for soul searching and personal fulfilment. 272

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