Bronislaw Malinowski

Argonauts of the Western Pacific (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Argonauts of the Western Pacific, subtitled An account of native enterprise and adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea, is a 1922 ethnological work by Bronislaw Malinowski, which has had enormous impact on the ethnographic genre. The book is about the Trobriand people who live on the small Kiriwana island chain northeast of the island of New Guinea. It is part of Malinowski's trilogy on the Trobrianders, including The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia (1929) and Coral Gardens and Their Magic (1935).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Booklassic
• Seitenzahl: 418
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 6610000030569
• Artikelnr.: 59935276

Autorenporträt

Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942), author of Argnonauts of the Western Pacific (1922) is still regarded as a pioneer anthropologist. Lecturing in both the UK and USA before and after the outbreak of the Second World War, he established himself as one of the most important anthropologists of the twentieth century.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword to the Routledge Classics Edition. Introduction: The Subject The
Method and Scope of This Enquiry. 1. The Country and Inhabitants of the
Kula District. 2. The Natives of the Trobriand Islands. 3. The Essentials
of The Kula. 4. Canoes and Sailing. 5. The Ceremonial Building of A Waga.
6. Launching of a Conoe and Ceremonial Visiting - Tribal Economics in The
Trobriands. 7. The Departure of an Overseas Expedition. 8. The First Halt
of The Fleet on Muwa. 9. Sailing on the Sea-Arm of Pilolu. 10. The Story of
Shipwreck. 11. In the Amphletts- Sociology of The Kula. 12. In Teewara and
Sanaroa- Mythology of the Kula. 13. On the Beach of Sarubwoyna. 14. The
Kula in Dobu-Technicalities of The Exchange. 15. The Journey Home- The
Fishing and Working of The Kaloma Shell. 16. The Return Visit of The
Dobuans to Sinaketa. 17. Magic and the Kula. 18. The Power of Words in
Magic-Some Linguistic Data. 19. The Inland Kula. 20. Expeditions Between
Kiriwina and Kitava. 21. The Remaining Branches and Offshoots of The Kula.
22. The Meaning of Kula. Index