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Argonauts of the Western Pacific : an account of Native Enterprise and adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea / Bronislaw Malinowski ; with a preface by James George.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: London ; Benediction Classics, Oxford, [2014.]Description: xv, 571 páginas : mapas, ilustraciones en blanco y negro ; 23 cmContent type:
  • texto
Media type:
  • sin mediación
Carrier type:
  • volumen
ISBN:
  • 9781781394298
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN671.N5 M3 2014
Contents:
1. The country and inhabitants of the Kula District -- 2. The natives of the Trobriand Islands -- 3. The essentials of the Kula -- 4. Canoes and sailing -- 5. The ceremonial building of a Waga -- 6. Launching of a canoe and ceremonial visiting : tribal economics in the Trobriands -- 7. The departure of an overseas expedition -- 8. The first halt of the fleet on Muwa -- Sailing on the sea-arm of Pilolu -- 10. The story of shipwreck -- 11. In the amphletts : sociology of the Kula -- 12. In Tewara and Sanaroa : mythology of the Kula -- 13. On the beach of Sarubwoyna -- 14. The Kula in Dobu : technicalities of the exchange -- 15. The journey home : the fishing and working of the Kaloma shell -- 16. The return visit of the Dobuans to Sinaketa -- 17. Magic and the Kula -- 18. The power of words in magic : some linguistic data -- 19. The inland Kula -- 20. Expeditions between Kiriwina and Kitava -- 21. The remaining branches and offshoots of the Kula -- 22. The meaning of the Kula.
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Libros Mediateca Reference Bibliográfica GN671.N5 M3 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Vitrina piso 4 14212

Originally published: London : G. Routledge & sons, ltd., 1922.

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1. The country and inhabitants of the Kula District -- 2. The natives of the Trobriand Islands -- 3. The essentials of the Kula -- 4. Canoes and sailing -- 5. The ceremonial building of a Waga -- 6. Launching of a canoe and ceremonial visiting : tribal economics in the Trobriands -- 7. The departure of an overseas expedition -- 8. The first halt of the fleet on Muwa -- Sailing on the sea-arm of Pilolu -- 10. The story of shipwreck -- 11. In the amphletts : sociology of the Kula -- 12. In Tewara and Sanaroa : mythology of the Kula -- 13. On the beach of Sarubwoyna -- 14. The Kula in Dobu : technicalities of the exchange -- 15. The journey home : the fishing and working of the Kaloma shell -- 16. The return visit of the Dobuans to Sinaketa -- 17. Magic and the Kula -- 18. The power of words in magic : some linguistic data -- 19. The inland Kula -- 20. Expeditions between Kiriwina and Kitava -- 21. The remaining branches and offshoots of the Kula -- 22. The meaning of the Kula.

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