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Argonauts of the Western Pacific

Paperback • 2014 • English

Argonauts of the Western Pacific

By Bronislaw Malinowski

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Bronislaw Malinowski's pathbreaking Argonauts of the Western Pacific is at once a detailed account of exchange in the Melanesian islands and a manifesto of a modernist anthropology. Malinowski argued that the goal of which the ethnographer should never lose sight is `to grasp the native's point of view, his relation to life, to realise his vision of his world.' Through vivid evocations of Kula life, including the building and launching of canoes, fishing expeditions and the role of myth and magi...Show more

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ISBN

9780415738644

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

Argonauts of the Western Pacific

Format

Paperback

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