In this acclaimed book, Torgovnick explores the obsessions, fears, and longings that have produced Western views of the primitive. Crossing an extraordinary range of fields (anthropology, psychology, literature, art, and popular culture), Gone Primitive will engage not just specialists but anyone wh[...]
This work investigates Westerners' profound attraction to cultures that they call "primitive". Marianna Torgovnick explores the stories of Carl Jung, Isak Dinesen, D.H. Lawrence and Georgia O'Keefe and the ways they use the primitive as a medium for soul searching and personal fulfilment. Linking li[...]