Jean S La Fontaine
Biographic Data
| ID | 3994420 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean S La Fontaine |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean S |
| FAMILY NAME | La Fontaine |
| SIGNATURE | LA FONTAINE J S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sex, Incest, and Death: Initiation Rites Reconsidered [and Comments and Reply]
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…
The Mother's Brother as Patron
In this paper I am concerned with the lack of consistency in the criteria embodied in the concepts used to identify social relations. There are two main elements: what we can call the indigenous ideology and the observer's characterisation. In the former case we are dealing with role definition, more or less formalised in different cases and with cultural norms which define the scope of a relationship; in the latter, regularities of observed beha…
Sex, Incest, and Death: Initiation Rites Reconsidered [and Comments and Reply]
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…
The Mother's Brother as Patron
In this paper I am concerned with the lack of consistency in the criteria embodied in the concepts used to identify social relations. There are two main elements: what we can call the indigenous ideology and the observer's characterisation. In the former case we are dealing with role definition, more or less formalised in different cases and with cultural norms which define the scope of a relationship; in the latter, regularities of observed beha…
The Mother's Brother as Patron
In this paper I am concerned with the lack of consistency in the criteria embodied in the concepts used to identify social relations. There are two main elements: what we can call the indigenous ideology and the observer's characterisation. In the former case we are dealing with role definition, more or less formalised in different cases and with cultural norms which define the scope of a relationship; in the latter, regularities of observed beha…
Sex, Incest, and Death: Initiation Rites Reconsidered [and Comments and Reply]
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…
Anthropology (2 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Confusion (1 works) · Consistency (knowledge bases) (1 works) · Developmental psychology (1 works)