Argonauts of the Western Pacific

Höfundur: Bronislaw Malinowski (Útgáfa: 1)
Argonauts of the Western Pacific

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Bronislaw Malinowski’s pathbreaking Argonauts of the Western Pacific is at once a detailed account of exchange in the Melanesian islands and a manifesto of a modernist anthropology. Malinowski argued that the goal of which the ethnographer should never lose sight is ‘to grasp the native’s point of view, his relation to life, to realise his vision of his world. ’ Through vivid evocations of Kula life, including the building and launching of canoes, fishing expeditions and the role of myth and magic amongst the Kula people, Malinowski brilliantly describes an inter-island system of exchange - from gifts from father to son to swapping fish for yams - around which an entire community revolves.

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Útgefandi
Taylor & Francis
ISBN
9781317677536
Print ISBN
9780415738644
Format
ePub
Útgáfa
1
Höfundar
Bronislaw Malinowski
Tungumál
English
Útgefið
2014-04-16
Prent takmörkun á líftíma
100
Prent takmörkun
2
Afritunar takmörkun
2

Kaflar

  • Cover Page
  • Halftitle Page
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • FOREWORD TO THE ROUTLEDGE CLASSICS EDITION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • Introduction: The Subject, Method and Scope of This Enquiry
  • I The Country and Inhabitants of the Kula District
  • II The Natives of the Trobriand Islands
  • III The Essentials of the Kula
  • IV Canoes and Sailing
  • V The Ceremonial Building of a Waga
  • VI Launching of a Canoe and Ceremonial Visiting—Tribal Economics in the Trobriands
  • VII The Departure of an Overseas Expedition
  • VIII The First Halt of the Fleet on Muwa
  • IX Sailing on the Sea-Arm of Pilolu
  • X The Story of Shipwreck
  • XI In the Amphletts—Sociology of the Kula
  • XII In Tewara and Sanaroa—Mythology of the Kula
  • XIII On the Beach of Sarubwoyna
  • XIV The Kula in Dobu—Technicalities of the Exchange
  • XV The Journey Home—The Fishing and Working of the Kaloma Shell
  • XVI The Return Visit of the Dobuans to Sinaketa
  • XVII Magic and the Kula
  • XVIII The Power of Words in Magic—Some Linguistic Data
  • XIX The Inland Kula
  • XX Expeditions Between Kiriwina and Kitava
  • XXI The Remaining Branches and Offshoots of the Kula
  • XXII The Meaning of the Kula
  • INDEX