Geoffrey Gorer

Biographic Data

ID82041
NAMEGeoffrey Gorer
GIVEN NAMESGeoffrey
FAMILY NAMEGorer
SIGNATUREGORER G
AFFILIATIONSHaywards Heath Hospital
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS29
TOTAL CITATIONS159
AUTHOR COUNT29
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1936
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX5

  • A pornografia da morte

    Open AccessGeoffrey Gorer, Thiago Sitoni GonçalvesARTICLERevista DIAPHONÍA2023

  • Death, grief, and mourning

    Geoffrey GorerBOOKDeath, grief, and mourning1987Cited by: 67

  • Sex, Incest, and Death

    James L Brain, C Fred Blake et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1977Cited by: 5References: 9

    In this paper an attempt is made to show why initiation and/or puberty rites occur in so many societies and why they take the shape they do. To do this I have used concepts derived from social and physical anthropology and from psychoanalysis. The rites are seen as part of a general human concern with categorization and the attribution of power/danger to what is not classifiable. The particular problem lies in the metamorphosis from the sexual wo…

  • Sex and Marriage in England Today

    Gordon Clanton, Geoffrey GorerARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1974

  • Psychoanalysis Observed

    Geoffrey Gorer, Anthony Storr et al.ARTICLEThe Family Coordinator1971

  • Life or Death

    Geoffrey Gorer, Daniel H LabbyARTICLEBritish Journal of Sociology1969Cited by: 1

  • Himalayan Village

    M P Ward, Geoffrey GorerARTICLEGeographical Journal1968Cited by: 3

  • Himalayan Village

    Robert J Miller, Geoffrey GorerARTICLEPacific Affairs1968

  • Human Communication Theory

    Geoffrey Gorer, Frank E X DanceARTICLEMan1968Cited by: 6

  • The Lepchas

    Geoffrey Gorer, Halfdan SiigerARTICLEMan1968Cited by: 2

  • Himalayan Village

    Lionel Caplan, Geoffrey GorerARTICLEMan1968Cited by: 1

  • English Character in the Twentieth Century

    Open AccessGeoffrey GorerARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1967Cited by: 1

    The major divisions of English society by social class and geographical regions are outlined. Historical evi dence suggests that the typical character of the middle classes has been modified relatively little in the last two centuries, but that the typical character of the urban working classes has had two major modifications: in the middle of the nineteenth cen tury when the invention of the nationwide, unarmed, self-con trolled police forces pr…

  • Other

    Open AccessGeoffrey GorerARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1966

  • Death, Grief and Mourning

    Fred Davis, Geoffrey GorerREVIEWAmerican Sociological Review1966

  • Death, Grief, and Mourning

    Philippe Aries, Geoffrey GorerARTICLERevue Française de Sociologie1966

  • Death, Grief and Mourning in Contemporary Britain

    J B Loudon, Geoffrey GorerREVIEWMan1966

  • Ethnology

    Open AccessGeoffrey Gorer, Geoffrey E GorerARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1965

  • Ethnology and Ethnography

    Open AccessGeoffrey GorerARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1958

  • English Social Differences

    Andrew Pearse, T H Pear et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1956Cited by: 2

  • Exploring English Character

    Sylvester A Sieber, Geoffrey GorerARTICLEThe American Catholic Sociological…1956

  • Modification of National Character

    Open AccessGeoffrey GorerARTICLEJournal of Social Issues1955References: 4

  • Exploring English Character

    John Mack, J A Mack et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Sociology1955Cited by: 27

  • People of Plenty

    Open AccessGeoffrey Gorer, David M PotterARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1955Cited by: 2

  • The Life and Ideas of the Marquis de Sade

    T B Bottomore, Tom Bottomore et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Sociology1953Cited by: 1

  • The People of Great Russia

    Edward A Kennard, Geoffrey Gorer et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1950Cited by: 19