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Crime and Custom in Savage Society
[1926/1940]
This volume discusses aspects of small scale societies, including the study of the mental processes, as well as indigenous economics and law....
To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
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A Diary in the Strictest Sense of the Term
The volume presents the diary of one of the great anthropologists at a crucial time in his career. Malinowski's major works grew out of his findings on field trips to New Guinea and North Melanesia from 1914-1918. His journals cover a considerable part of that period of pioneer research. The...
To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
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Sex and Repression in Savage Society
2nd Edition
Series: Routledge Classics
During the First World War the pioneer anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski found himself stranded on the Trobriand Islands, off the eastern coast of New Guinea. By living among the people he studied there, speaking their language and participating in their activities, he invented what became known...
Published May 16th 2001 by Routledge
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Argonauts of the Western Pacific
An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
First published in 1922, this classic text examines the extensive and complex trading system maintained by the Trobriand Islanders. While the main theme is economics and social organization, the power of magic, mythology and folklore are also examined....
Published October 11th 1978 by Routledge