Argonauts of the Western Pacific
Bronislaw Malinowski
An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
A Ceremonial Act of the Kula
Argonauts of the Western Pacific
An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea
By
Bronislaw Malinowski
PH.D. (Cracow), D.Sc. (London)
With a Preface
By
Sir James George, Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S.
With 5 Maps, 65 Illustrations, and 2 Figures,
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.
1922
To
my friend and teacher
Professor C. G. Seligman, F.R.S.
- Preface
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Phonetic Note.
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction: The Subject, Method and Scope of this Inquiry
- The Country and Inhabitants of the Kula District
- The Natives of the Trobriand Islands
- The Essentials of the Kula
- Canoes and Sailing
- The Ceremonial Building of a Waga
- Launching of a Canoe and Ceremonial Visiting—Tribal Economics in the Trobriands
- The Departure of an Overseas Expedition
- The First Halt of the Fleet on Muwa
- Sailing on the Sea-Arm of Pilolu
- The Story of Shipwreck
- In the Amphletts—Sociology of the Kula
- In Tewara and Sanaroa—Mythology of the Kula
- On the Beach of Sarubwoyna
- The Kula in Dobu—Technicalities of the Exchange
- The Journey Home—The Fishing and Working of the Kaloma Shell
- The Return Visit of the Dobuans to Sinaketa
- Magic and the Kula
- The Power of Words in Magic—Some Linguistic Data
- The Inland Kula
- Expeditions Between Kiriwina and Kitava
- The Remaining Branches and Offshoots of the Kula
- The Meaning of the Kula
- Index
- Colophon
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