Argonauts of the Western Pacific
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Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea is a 1922 ethnography by Bronisław Malinowski, which has had enormous impact on the ethnographic genre. The book is about the Trobriand people who live on the small Kiriwana island chain northeast of the island of New Guinea. It is part of Malinowski's trilogy on the Trobrianders, including The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia (1929) and Coral Gardens and Their Magic (1935).
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Author | Bronisław Malinowski |
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Language | English |
Series | Studies in economics and political science, no. 65. |
Subject | Ethnography |
Publisher | London, G. Routledge & Sons; New York, E.P. Dutton & Co. |
Publication date | 1922 |
Media type | |
OCLC | 647026285 |
Followed by | The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia, Coral Gardens and Their Magic |
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