The Trobrianders of Papua New GuineaThis re-examination of the Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea, the people described in Malinowski s classic ethnographic work of the early 20th century, provides a balanced view of the society from a male and female perspective, including coverage of new discoveries about the importance of woman s work and wealth in the society. |
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... animal , bird , and plant totems , which serve to attach them in a general way to some communal past ; but the important function of clans , as we will see later , is that they work to separate villagers into marriageable or nonmar ...
... animal , bird , and plant totems , which serve to attach them in a general way to some communal past ; but the important function of clans , as we will see later , is that they work to separate villagers into marriageable or nonmar ...
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... animal who cannot tell the difference between good food and rubbish because she sleeps with anyone , regardless of her kin relations . The meeting went on for about an hour , with many relatives making speeches about how the two should ...
... animal who cannot tell the difference between good food and rubbish because she sleeps with anyone , regardless of her kin relations . The meeting went on for about an hour , with many relatives making speeches about how the two should ...
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... animal , bird , tree , or flower , but it owns no property in common - for example , shell decorations , land , magic spells , or other valuables - nor does it have a specific place of origin , as a matrilineage does . Consequently ...
... animal , bird , tree , or flower , but it owns no property in common - for example , shell decorations , land , magic spells , or other valuables - nor does it have a specific place of origin , as a matrilineage does . Consequently ...
Contents
Past and Present | 18 |
Death and the Work of Mourning | 36 |
Fathers and Matrilineality | 51 |
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affinal connections affines ancestors anthropologists armshell banana leaves betel nuts Bronislaw Malinowski bundles and skirts Bunemiga Cambridge canoes circulation clan coconut cultural daughter dead person's death decorations economic fame father film give growing yams Gumasila hamlet leader hard husband important individual J. W. Leach keyawa kin Kiriwina Kitava kitomu shell kula exchanges kula partners kula path kula shells kula transactions kuvi kuwa Kwaibwaga Leach and E. R. lineage live Losuia magic spells Malinowski marriage married Massim Exchange matrilineage matrilineal identity matrilineal kin Mitakata mother's brother mourning necklace Omarakana Papua New Guinea payments person Perspectives on Massim Photo pigs political polygyny Port Moresby rank relationships sexual sister social someone sorcery spouse stone axe-blades Tabalu chief trade store traditional Trobriand Cricket Trobriand Islands Uwelasi's Vanoi village Waibadi Weiner wife wives woman women owners women's mortuary distribution women's wealth workers yam gardens yam harvests yam house young