Abstract
STUDENTS of primitive mankind still indulge too frequently in bitter and futile controversy; their reputation on this score is deservedly bad, and anthropology, I fear, could well be described as the study of rude man by rude people. Among the various hotly discussed subjects, perhaps the most contentious is primitive sexual life and mating—the much disputed ‘marriage of the missing link.’
(1) The Mothers: a Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions.
By Robert Briffault In 3 volumes. Vol.1. Pp. xix + 781. Vol.2. Pp. xx + 789. Vol. 3. Pp. xv + 841. (London: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1927.) Each vol. 25s. net.
(2) The Mystic Rose: a Study of Primitive Marriage and of Primitive Thought in its Bearing on Marriage.
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MALINOWSKI, B. (1) The Mothers: a Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions (2) The Mystic Rose: a Study of Primitive Marriage and of Primitive Thought in its Bearing on Marriage. Nature 121, 126–130 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121126a0
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