ISBN:
9780415090940
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (502 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Argonauts of the Western Pacific : An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
DDC:
306/.09953
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
First Published in 1978. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Description / Table of Contents:
BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; PREFACE; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION THE SUBJECT, METHOD AND SCOPE OF THIS INQUIRY; 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
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER VIII THE FIRST HALT OF THE FLEET ON MUWACHAPTER 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
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER XIX THE INLAND KULACHAPTER XX EXPEDITIONS BETWEEN KIRIWINA AND KITAVA; CHAPTER XXI THE REMAINING BRANCHES AND OFFSHOOTS OF THE KULA; CHAPTER XXII THE MEANING OF THE KULA; INDEX
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
