Bronislaw Malinowski

Coral Gardens and Their Magic

The Description of Gardening [1935]

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first part of a two volume classic devoted to the agriculture and agricultural rites of the Trobriand Islanders. This work looks at the signigicance of agriculture in the Trobriand Islands.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 612
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 838g
• ISBN-13: 9780415606530
• ISBN-10: 0415606535
• Artikelnr.: 57055012

Autorenporträt

Bronislaw Malinowski Department of Anthropology, University of London, London School of Economics

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS OF VOLUME ONE PART ONE INTRODUCTION: TRIBAL ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF THE TROBRIANDERS PART TWO GARDENS AND THEIR MAGIC ON A CORAL ATOLL I. GENERAL ACCOUNT OF GARDENING II. THE GARDENS OF OMARAKANA: EARLY WORK AND INAUGURATIVE MAGIC HI. THE GARDENS OF OMARAKANA: PREPARING THE SOIL AND PLANTING THE SEED IV. THE GARDEN S OF OMARAKANA: THE MAGIC OF GROWTH V. HARVES T VI. THE CUSTOMAR Y LAW OF HARVEST GIFTS VII. THE WORK AND MAGIC OF PROSPERITY VIII. STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE BWAYMA IX. A COMPARATIVE GLANCE AT TROBRIAND GARDENING X. THE CULTIVATION OF TARO, PALMS AND BANANAS XI. THE METHOD OF FIELD-WORK AND INVISIBLE FACTS OF NATIVE LAW AND ECONOMICS XII. LAND TENURE PART THREE DOCUMENTS AN D APPENDICE