A. C. Haddon, W. H. R. Rivers, C. G. Seligmann

Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits

Volume 5, Sociology, Magic and Religion of the Western Islanders

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 210mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 1107g
• ISBN-13: 9780521179898
• ISBN-10: 0521179890
• Artikelnr.: 32734701

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
Genealogical tables W. H. R. Rivers
2. Genealogies W. H. R. Rivers
3. Kinship W. H. R. Rivers
4. Totemism A. C. Haddon and W. H. R. Rivers
5. Birth and childhood customs C. G. Seligmann
6. Women's puberty customs C. G. Seligmann
7. Initiation A. C. Haddon
8. Courtship and marriage A. C. Haddon
9. The regulation of marriage W. H. R. Rivers
10. Funeral ceremonies A. C. Haddon
11. Regulation of public life A. C. Haddon
12. Morals A. C. Haddon
13. Personal names W. H. R. Rivers
14. Land tenure and inheritance A. Wilkin
15. Trade A. C. Haddon
16. Warfare A. C. Haddon and A. Wilkin
17. Tales of the war-path A. Wilkin
18. Magic and religion A. C. Haddon, C. G. Seligmann and A. Wilkin.