Dress, drinks, and drums : further studies of savages and sex / by Ernest Crawley ; edited by Theodore Besterman.

  • Ernest Crawley
Date:
1931
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Credit: Dress, drinks, and drums : further studies of savages and sex / by Ernest Crawley ; edited by Theodore Besterman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PAGE Editor's Preface ........ vii I. Dress : its origins, forms, and psychology, with special em- phasis on the sexual psychology . . . . i 1. Origins ........ 2 2. Material and form . . . . . .21 3. Dress of head and feet ...... 43 4. Ornaments and amulets ..... 46 5. Dress as currency ...... 47 6. Dress symbolism . . . . . -51 7. The social psychology of dress .... 56 {a) The dress of mystery ..... 56 {b) Dress and personality ..... 58 (r) Magical associations ..... 62 {d) Personality and state ..... 67 {e) Dress of the dead ..... 91 (J) Mourning dress . . . . . . loi 8. Nakedness and dress . . . . . .ill 9. Dress and social grade . . . . . '117 {a) Childhood . . . . . . > ^^7 (b) Maturity 118 {c) Secondary social grades . . . .124 10. Sexual dress . . . . . . .126 {a) The sexual background of dress . . .126 (b) Wedding garments . . . . -133 {c) The sexual inversion of dress . . .138 {d) The sexual exchange of dress . , .154
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