The Ethnography of Malinowski: The Trobriand Islands 1915-18

ISBN-13: 9781138063976 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 270 str.

Michael W. Young

Opis

Malinowski’s field material remains compulsory reading for students. First published in 1979, this book draws from the major monographs of Malinowski to compile a selection of his writings on the Trobriand Islanders.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Habitat and economy; Editor’s note; 1. An outline of Trobriand economics 2. Gardening; Part Two: Kinship, marriage and land; Editor’s note; 3. Exogamy and incest 4. Dogmas of procreation and paternity 5. Marriage 6. Principles of land tenure; Part Three: The Kula; Editor’s note; 7. Essentials of the Kula 8. Technicalities of the Kula 9. Perils, magic and myths; Bibliography; Index

O autorze

Michael W. Young