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-{{Template}}'''Geoffrey Gorer''', English anthropologist and author (1905-1985), noted for his application of psychoanalytic techniques to anthropology.+{{Template}}
 +'''Geoffrey Gorer''', English anthropologist and author (1905-1985), noted for his application of [[Psychological anthropology|psychoanalytic techniques to anthropology]] and author of ''[[The Revolutionary Ideas of the Marquis de Sade]]''.
 +==Biography==
 +He was educated at [[Charterhouse]] and at [[Jesus College]], [[Cambridge]]. During the 1930s he wrote unpublished fiction and drama. His first book was ''[[The Revolutionary Ideas of the Marquis de Sade]]'' (1934, revised 1953, 1964). He then published an account of a journey in Africa, ''[[Africa Dances]]'' (1935, new edns. 1949, 1962), and another cultural study ''[[Bali and Angkor, or, Looking at Life and Death]]'' (1936). '' [[Hot Strip Tease and Other Notes on American Culture]]'' appeared in 1937 and ''[[Himalayan Village]]'' in 1938.
-He was educated at [[Charterhouse]] and at [[Jesus College]], [[Cambridge]]. During the 1930s he wrote unpublished fiction and drama. His first book was ''The Revolutionary Ideas of the Marquis de Sade'' (1934, revised 1953, 1964). He then published an account of a journey in Africa, ''Africa Dances'' (1935, new edns. 1949, 1962), and another cultural study ''Bali and Angkor, or, Looking at Life and Death'' (1936). ''Hot Strip Tease'' appeared in 1937 and ''Himalayan Village'' in 1938.+From 1939 he lived and worked in the United States. He wrote ''[[The Americans]]'' (1948), ''[[The People of Great Russia: A Psychological Study]]'' (1949, new edn. 1962), and worked with various official and semi-official organizations on studies in Soviet and other cultures. ''[[Modern types]]'' (1955) was his last book written in America.
-From 1939 he lived and worked in the United States. He wrote ''The Americans'' (1948), ''The People of Great Russia: A Psychological Study'' (1949, new edn. 1962), and worked with various official and semi-official organizations on studies in Soviet and other cultures. "Modern types'' (1955) was his last book written in America.+From 1957 he again worked in England. ''[[Exploring English Character]]'', based on a large survey he designed, appeared in 1955. ''[[Death, Grief, and Mourning in Contemporary Britain]]'' appeared in 1965. ''[[The Danger of Equality and other essays]]'' (1966) collected some recent papers. ''[[Sex and Marriage in England Today]]'' appeared in 1971.
 +==Selected list of essays==
-From 1957 he again worked in England. ''Exploring English Character'', based on a large survey he designed, appeared in 1955. ''Death, Grief, and Mourning in Contemporary Britain'' appeared in 1965. ''The Danger of Equality and other essays'' (1966) collected some recent papers. ''Sex and Marriage in England Today'' appeared in 1971.+*"The Erotic Myth of America," Partisan Review (July-August 1950).
 +*"[[The Pornography of Death]]," [[Encounter (magazine)|Encounter]], October 1955, pp.49-52
 +==See also==
 +*[[Psychological anthropology]]
 +*[[National character studies]]
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Geoffrey Gorer, English anthropologist and author (1905-1985), noted for his application of psychoanalytic techniques to anthropology and author of The Revolutionary Ideas of the Marquis de Sade.

Biography

He was educated at Charterhouse and at Jesus College, Cambridge. During the 1930s he wrote unpublished fiction and drama. His first book was The Revolutionary Ideas of the Marquis de Sade (1934, revised 1953, 1964). He then published an account of a journey in Africa, Africa Dances (1935, new edns. 1949, 1962), and another cultural study Bali and Angkor, or, Looking at Life and Death (1936). Hot Strip Tease and Other Notes on American Culture appeared in 1937 and Himalayan Village in 1938.

From 1939 he lived and worked in the United States. He wrote The Americans (1948), The People of Great Russia: A Psychological Study (1949, new edn. 1962), and worked with various official and semi-official organizations on studies in Soviet and other cultures. Modern types (1955) was his last book written in America.

From 1957 he again worked in England. Exploring English Character, based on a large survey he designed, appeared in 1955. Death, Grief, and Mourning in Contemporary Britain appeared in 1965. The Danger of Equality and other essays (1966) collected some recent papers. Sex and Marriage in England Today appeared in 1971.

Selected list of essays

See also




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