Argonauts of the Western Pacific is a 1922 book of anthropology by
Bronislaw MalinowskiBronisław Kasper Malinowski was a Polish anthropologist, widely considered one of the most important 20th-century anthropologists. His pioneering ethnographic fieldwork made a major contribution to the study of Melanesia and of reciprocity.-Life:Malinowski was born in Kraków, Poland, to an...
. The book is about the Trobriand People who live on a small island chain, called the
Kiriwina IslandsThe Trobriand Islands are a 170 mi² archipelago of coral atolls off the eastern coast of New Guinea. They are situated in Milne Bay Province in Papua New Guinea. Most of the population of 12,000 indigenous inhabitants live on the main island of Kiriwina, which is also the location of the...
, Northeast of
Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
. The book is part of Malinowski's trilogy on the Trobrianders; the other books include
The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western MelanesiaThe Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia is a 1929 book by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski...
(1929) and
Coral Gardens and their magicCoral Gardens and Their Magic, properly Coral Gardens and Their Magic: A Study of the Methods of Tilling the Soil and of Agricultural Rites in the Trobriand Islands, is the final book in anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski's ethnographic trilogy on the lives of the Trobriand Islanders...
(1935).
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Argonauts of the Western Pacific is a 1922 book of anthropology by
Bronislaw MalinowskiBronisław Kasper Malinowski was a Polish anthropologist, widely considered one of the most important 20th-century anthropologists. His pioneering ethnographic fieldwork made a major contribution to the study of Melanesia and of reciprocity.-Life:Malinowski was born in Kraków, Poland, to an...
. The book is about the Trobriand People who live on a small island chain, called the
Kiriwina IslandsThe Trobriand Islands are a 170 mi² archipelago of coral atolls off the eastern coast of New Guinea. They are situated in Milne Bay Province in Papua New Guinea. Most of the population of 12,000 indigenous inhabitants live on the main island of Kiriwina, which is also the location of the...
, Northeast of
Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
. The book is part of Malinowski's trilogy on the Trobrianders; the other books include
The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western MelanesiaThe Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia is a 1929 book by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski...
(1929) and
Coral Gardens and their magicCoral Gardens and Their Magic, properly Coral Gardens and Their Magic: A Study of the Methods of Tilling the Soil and of Agricultural Rites in the Trobriand Islands, is the final book in anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski's ethnographic trilogy on the lives of the Trobriand Islanders...
(1935).
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