Primitive Passions: Men, Women, and the Quest for Ecstasy

by Marianna Torgovnick

Beginning with early 20th-century figures--among them Carl Jung, Isak Dinesen, and Georgia O'Keeffe--who found in "the primitive" a medium for soul-searching and personal change, Torgovnivk probes how the return to the primitive has signaled a quest to transcend the limitations of the body in a variety of contemporary practices, from genital piercing to New Age rites to the mythopoetic men's movement. Illustrations. 272 pp. Author tour. 10,000 print.

Genres: Nonfiction

270 pages, Hardcover

First published February 11, 1997

Reviews

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

A well-written book, covering a broad range of understandings.

[Alden · Rating 4 out of 5]

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