Malinowski among the Magi : The natives of Mailu

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Malinowski among the Magi : The natives of Mailu

Bronislaw Malinowski ; edited with an introduction by Michael W. Young

(Malinowski : collected works, v. 1)

Routledge, 2002

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Reprint. First published 1988

Bibliography: p. [340]-345

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

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: set ISBN 9780415216715

Description

Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) was one of the most important figures in the development of modern social anthropology. Among the British anthropologists repudiating so-called armchair research, Malinowski was a pioneer of fieldwork. He undertook his long-sustained fieldwork in Papua New Guinea and his accounts are populated by sympathetic figures, described in a deliberately vivid literary style. Malinowski is also recognized as the founder of Functionalism and his ethnographic studies contend that all components of society interlock to form a well-balanced system. This collection reprints the ground breaking studies that emerged from Malinowski's fieldwork. The final volume of the set is an assessment of his contribution to anthropology.

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Malinowski amongst the Magi: The Natives of Mailu [1915/1988] 0-415-26244-5: GBP70.00 Volume 2: Argonauts of the Western Pacific: an Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea [1922/1994] 0-415-26716-1: GBP70.00 Volume 3: Crime and Custom in Savage Society [1926/1940] 0-415-26245-3: GBP70.00 Volume 4: Sex and Repression in Savage Society [1927] 0-415-26246-1: GBP70.00 Volume 5: The Father in Primitive Psychology and Myth in Primitive Psychology [1927] 0-415-26247-X: GBP70.00 Volume 6: The Sexual Lives of Savages [1932/1952] 0-415-26248-8: GBP70.00 Volume 7: Coral Gardens and Their Magic: The Description of Gardening [1935] 0-415-26249-6: GBP70.00 Volume 8: Coral Gardens and Their Magic: The Language and Magic of Gardening [1935] 0-415-26250-X: GBP70.00 Volume 9: A Scientific Theory of Culture and Other Essays [1944] 0-415-26251-8: GBP70.00 Volume 10: Man and Culture: An Evaluation of the Work of Malinowski [1957] 0-415-26717-X: GBP70.00
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ISBN 9780415262446

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A reissue of Malinowski's first field monograph, containing historical and theoretical material. This edition includes a major essay by Michael Young who draws on Malinowski's diary, unpublished notebooks and letters.

Table of Contents

  • 1: Malinowski Among the Magi
  • 2: The Natives of Mailu
  • Chapter I: Geography
  • Chapter II: Social Divisions
  • Chapter III: Tribal Life
  • Chapter IV: Economics
  • Chapter V: Magico-Religious Activities and Beliefs
  • Chapter VI: Art and Knowledge

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