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Title: Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski ISBN: 0-88133-084-1 Publisher: Waveland Press Pub. Date: March, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A classic
Comment: This is a real classic in the history of anthropology, published in 1922, and unlike another classic from the same decade, Coming of Age in Samoa, it has worn well, too. This is where modern ethnography begins. Malinowski tells us how to do ethnography, in no uncertain terms, as he explains Trobriand kula expeditions. I found it to be a delightful read and I was continually amazed at the intellectual sophistication of his work, given its age. I believe I learned more about ethnography from this book than from any other I have ever read, and I have been a professional anthropologist for 30 years. It is, I must warn you, a long book, and I doubt that many will be willing to read it from stem to stern, but I think every anthropologist should study the introduction at least. It is perhaps the "sacred charter" for the ethnographic project, complete with felicitous phrases such as the "ethnographer's magic," "the imponderabilia of actual life," "the native's point of view," and "the hold life has." In addition, it is certainly essential reading for anyone interested in magic, because it is as much about magic as it is about kula exchange.
I assigned this book to a junior-level college class in ethnography, but they weren't as pleased with it as I was. Many of the students understood the importance of the book, but most also found it tedious, dull, repetitive, hard to follow, and definitely too long.
Rating: 5
Summary: An essential work in this history of anthropology
Comment: Don't be misled by the occasional discouraged student, this is an important work that must be read by someone seeking to understand the nature and history of the social sciences.
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Title: The Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People by E. E. Evans-Pritchard ISBN: 0195003225 Publisher: Clarendon Pr Pub. Date: December, 1968 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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Title: Coming of Age in Samoa : A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation by Margaret Mead ISBN: 0688050336 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 19 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Interpretation of Cultures (Basic Books Classics) by Clifford Geertz ISBN: 0465097197 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN PRIMITIVE SOCIETY by A.R. Radcliffe-Brown ISBN: 0029256208 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1965 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Patterns of Culture by Ruth Benedict, Margaret Mead ISBN: 0395500885 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 26 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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