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Lifetime: 1884 - 1942 Passed: ≈ 82 years ago

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Bronisław Malinowski

Books by Bronisław Malinowski

Argonauts of the Western Pacific Cover image

Argonauts of the Western Pacific

Non-Fiction Travel
Mythology Culture Anthropology Ethnography Magic Ritual Social Structure Trobriand Islands Kula Ring Fieldwork Participant Observation

Argonauts of the Western Pacific is a seminal work of anthropology by Bronisław Malinowski, first published in 1922. The book is based on Malinowski's fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea, where he spent two years studying the socia...