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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

Argonauts of the Western Pacific / An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea

Bronislaw Malinowski

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 589 pages

Argonauts of the Western Pacific is a foundational ethnography by Bronislaw Malinowski, written as a series of essays. It describes the kula, a ceremonial exchange of shell valuables among island communities in Melanesian New Guinea, based on his fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands. It is worth listening to for its account of gift exchange, social organization, and anthropological method.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Foreword
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Phonetic Note.
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Introduction: The Subject, Method and Scope of this Inquiry
  9. Chapter I The Country and Inhabitants of the Kula District
  10. Chapter II The Natives of the Trobriand Islands
  11. Chapter III The Essentials of the Kula
  12. Chapter IV Canoes and Sailing
  13. Chapter V The Ceremonial Building of a Waga
  14. Vabusi Tokway Spell.
  15. Kaymomwa’u Spell.
  16. Kaygagabile Spell.
  17. Kapitunena Duku Spell.
  18. Ligogu Spell.
  19. Wayugo Spell.
  20. Chapter VI Launching of a Canoe and Ceremonial Visiting—Tribal Economics in the Trobriands
  21. Chapter VII The Departure of an Overseas Expedition
  22. Yawarapu Spell.
  23. Sulumwoya Spell.1
  24. Kaymwaloyo Spell.
  25. Lilava Spell.
  26. Gebobo Spell.
  27. Chapter VIII The First Halt of the Fleet on Muwa
  28. Kadumiyala Spell.
  29. Bisila Spell.
  30. Kayikuna Veva Spell.

and 43 more chapters

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