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Symbolic wounds; puberty rites and the envious male.

Title
Symbolic wounds; puberty rites and the envious male.
Author
Bettelheim, Bruno.
Publication
New York, Collier Books [©1962]

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Description
194 pages; 18 cm
Summary
Bettelheim presents an account of his examination of initiation rites in present-day pre-literate societies and suggests that circumcision and related rituals may be the expression of male fascination with, and jealousy of, female sex apparatus and function. Broadly evaluating prevailing notions regarding puberty rites, Bettelheim describes ceremonies among different tribes--such as ritual subincision among the Arunta, transvestism among the African Changa, and many other customs--and also relates many myths that accompany the rituals.
Series Statement
Collier book BS 554
Uniform Title
Collier books
Subject
  • Initiation rites
  • Puberty rites
  • Sex (Psychology)
  • Female genital mutilation
  • Men
  • Puberty
  • Men
  • Puberty
  • Adolescent
  • Circumcision, Female
  • rites of passage
  • men (male humans)
  • Female circumcision
  • Initiation rites
  • Puberty rites
Note
  • "AS153."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
LCCN
61018552
OCLC
  • ocm00566503
  • 566503
  • SCSB-104942
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library