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.
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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.
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As New in As New jacket. First edition. First printing. Brand New! A pristine unread copy. An examination of the quest for passion after World War One. Explores our profound attraction to cultures we call primitive, and the numerous ways in which people are turning toward the primitive through contemporary practices from body piercing to New Age rituals to increased reverence for nature, out of spiritual hunger for deeply human experiences. Hardbound, 5 illustrations. 270 pages. O-stock, sale.