Felix Bryk

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Name Felix Bryk Children Rut Bryk		Role Writer

Died January 13, 1957, Stockholm, Sweden Grandchildren Maaria Wirkkala, Sami Wirkkala Books Voodoo‑eros, Dark Rapture: The Sex‑l, Circumcision in Man and Woman

Felix Bryk (21 January 1882, Vienna – 13 January 1957, Stockholm) was a Swedish anthropologist, entomologist and writer. In entomological circles, Bryk is best known as a lepidopterist; in anthropological history, for his studies in East Africa. He wrote on Carl Linnaeus and was a close friend of Curt Eisner, who worked with him on the Parnassinae.

Books by Bryk

Anthropology

1934. Circumcision in Man and Woman: Its History, Psychology and Ethnology. New York: American Ethnological Press.

1939. Dark Rapture: The Sex-life of The African Negro. Walden Publications.

1964. Voodoo-eros: Ethnological Studies In The Sex Life Of The African Aborigines. New York: United Book Guild.

1951. Linnee als Sexuallist.

Entomology

1934. Lepidoptera. Baroniidae, Teinopalpidae, Parnassiidae pars I (Subfam. Parnassinae). Das Tierreich 64, Berlin & Leipzig.

1935. Lepidoptera. Parnassiidae pars II (Subfam. Parnassinae). Das Tierreich 65, Berlin & Leipzig.

1984. Lepidoptera. Parnassiidae pars II (Subfam. Parnassinae), 2nd ed. Berlin & Leipzig, LI.

References

Felix Bryk Wikipedia

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