A. C. Haddon, W. H. R. Rivers, A. Wilkin

Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits

Volume 6, Sociology, Magic and Religion of the Eastern Islanders

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 210mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 965g
• ISBN-13: 9780521179904
• ISBN-10: 0521179904
• Artikelnr.: 32732494

Autorenporträt

Alfred Cort Haddon (1855-1940) was one of Britain's most important anthropologists and ethnologists. He founded the school of anthropology at the University of Cambridge and served as president of the following organizations: Section H (Anthropology) in the British Association meetings of 1902 and 1905; the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland; the Folk Lore Society; and the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. He was also an elected Fellow of the Royal Society. Apart from his numerous books, Haddon also contributed several articles to the Encyclopædia Britannica, the Dictionary of National Biography, and Hastings's Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction A. C. Haddon
1. Folk-tales A. C. Haddon
2. Genealogies W. H. R. Rivers
3. Kinship W. H. R. Rivers
4. Personal names W. H. R. Rivers
5. Birth and childhood customs, and limitation of children A. C. Haddon
6. Courtship and marriage A. C. Haddon
7. The regulation of marriage W. H. R. Rivers
8. Funeral ceremonies C. S. Myers and A. C. Haddon
9. Property and inheritance A. Wilkin
10. Social organisation W. H. R. Rivers
11. Trade A. C. Haddon
12. Quarrels and warfare A. C. Haddon
13. Magic A. C. Haddon
14. Religion A. C. Haddon
The cult of Bomai and Malu A. C. Haddon and C. S. Myers
Mythical beings A. C. Haddon.