(P/B) ARGONAUTS OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC

Παρουσίαση

First published in 1922, this classic text examines the extensive and complex trading system maintained by the Trobriand Islanders. While the main theme is economics and social organization, the power of magic, mythology and folklore are also examined. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

PREFACE BY SIR JAMES FRAZER
FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR
INTRODUCTION: THE SUBJECT, METHOD AND SCOPE OF THIS ENQUIRY
CHAPTER I - THE COUNTRY AND INHABITANTS OF THE KULA DISTRICT
CHAPTER II - THE NATIVES OF THE TROBRIAND ISLANDS
CHAPTER III - THE ESSENTIALS OF THE KULA
CHAPTER IV - CANOES AND SAILING
CHAPTER V - THE CEREMONIAL BUILDING OF A WAGA
CHAPTER VI - LAUNCHING OF A CANOE AND CEREMONIAL VISITING - TRIBAL ECONOMICS IN THE TROBRIANDS
CHAPTER VII - THE DEPARTURE OF AN OVERSEAS EXPEDITION
CHAPTER VIII - THE FIRST HALT OF THE FLEET ON MUWA
CHAPTER IX - SAILING ON THE SEA-ARM OF PILOLU
CHAPTER X - THE STORY OF SHIPWRECK
CHAPTER XI - IN THE AMPHLETTS - SOCIOLOGY OF THE KULA
CHAPTER XII - IN TEWARA AND SANAROA - MYTHOLOGY OF THE KULA
CHAPTER XIII - ON THE BEACH OF SARUBWOYNA
CHAPTER XIV - THE KULA IN DOBU - TECHNICALITIES OF THE EXCHANGE
CHAPTER XV - THE JOURNEY HOME - THE FISHING AND WORKING OF THE KALOMA SHELL
CHAPTER XVI - THE RETURN VISIT OF THE DOBUANS TO SINAKETA
CHAPTER XVII - MAGIC AND THE KULA
CHAPTER XVIII - THE POWER OF WORDS IN MAGIC - SOME LINGUISTIC DATA
CHAPTER XIX - THE ISLAND KULA
CHAPTER XX - EXPEDITIONS BETWEEN KIRIWINA AND KITAVA
CHAPTER XXI - THE REMAINING BRANCHES AND OFFSHOOTS OF THE KULA
CHAPTER XXII - THE MEANING OF THE KULA
INDEX