Malinowski's Kiriwina : fieldwork photography, 1915-1918 / Michael W. Young.
Malinowski's Kiriwina : fieldwork photography, 1915-1918 / Michael W. Young.
Malinowski's Kiriwina : fieldwork photography, 1915-1918 / Michael W. Young.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
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NQ779.999541/1
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English
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Physical content
x, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
A Note on Orthography -- "Trobriand Islands" / Bronislaw Malinowski -- 1. Samarai, "Gate to the Field" -- 2. Picturing the Ethnographer -- 3. Touluwa, Chief of Omarakana -- 4. Coral Gardens and Their Harvests -- 5. Dancing at Milamala -- 6. "Physical Types" and "Personalities" -- 7. "Magic" -- 8. Fi...
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
"Kiriwina, the largest of the Trobriand Islands in eastern Papua New Guinea, is anthropology's "sacred place." It was here that Bronislaw Malinowski conducted the path-breaking fieldwork that enabled him to revolutionize British social anthropology. And it was here that he developed one of anthropology's most important tools: photography."--BOOK JA...
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Malinowski's Kiriwina : fieldwork photography, 1915-1918 / Michael W. Young.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-302) and index.
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NQ779.999541/1
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74Vvrkokr66d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvrkokr66d
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ISBN
0226876500 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780226876504 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
779.999541
779.99541
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991011412429702626
