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Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Author: Francis Edgar Williams
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Category : Binandere (Papua New Guinean people)
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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Author: Bronislaw Malinowski
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134556942
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 584

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The first part of a two volume classic devoted to the agriculture and agricultural rites of the Trobriand Islanders. This work looks at the signigicance of agriculture in the Trobriand Islands.

Author: Janice Newton
Publisher: Development Studies Centre Australian National University
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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Author: James Urry
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136644245
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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First Published in 1993. From the 1930s, British anthropology was dominated by social anthropologists, an achievement of the two founding fathers, Bronislaw Malinowski and A.R. Radcliffe-Brown. However, the field of ethnology had originated in Britain in the 1840s and a broadly based general anthropology was well established before the rise of social anthropology. The essays in this volume explore the development of British anthropology in the period from 1880 to 1920 and deal with such diverse issues as the establishment of new research methodologies, the development of ethnographic reporting, institutional change and the professionalization of the subject, and the connection between anthropology and imperialism. These essays reveal how the establishment of social anthropology involved a narrowing field which at first involved not just the study of custom but also included archaeology, physical anthropology and philology. The emergence of the new approaches of the 1920s and 1930s, and the triumph of social anthropology as an academic, intellectual and professional discipline in post-war Britain also led to the subsequent loss of a more holistic vision of anthropology.

Author: Garry Trompf
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1567206662
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 721

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Melansia boasts over one-quarter of the world's distinct religions and presents the most complex religious panorama on earth. The region is famous for its unusual new religious movements that have adapted traditional beliefs to modernity in surprising ways. As the first bibliographical survey to comprehensively cover the entire region, Religions of Melanesia is an invaluable research aid for anyone interested in this growing field. Trompf's work is a complete listing of scholarly publications and provides readable and concise descriptions that will clearly guide the researcher toward the most relevant sources. This survey covers 2188 entries organized topically and regionally. Trompf covers such subjects as traditional and modern belief systems and the emergent indigenous Christianity that has taken root. Regional coverage includes Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Fiji.

Author: J.F. Embree
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136234616
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 294

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This is Volume V of six in a collection on the Sociology of East Asia. Initially published in 1946, Dr. Embree's book is a description, based on direct observation, of the life of a Japanese village community. Its chief purpose is to provide material for that comparative study' of the forms of: human society that is known as social anthropology; but it should have an appeal to a wider audience of general readers as giving additional insight from a new 'angle into Japanese civilization.

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Publisher: Aust. Bureau of Statistics
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Languages : en
Pages : 1371

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Author: Joseph Earle Spencer
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520035171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Distribution and overall structure. Relationships to physical environment. Relationships to cultural environment. Land systems and their territorial administration. Crops, Crop systems, and complementary Economies. Technologies, tools, and specific typologies.

Author: Gilbert H. Herdt
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520341384
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 471

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This book contains the work of seven leading anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality, and it marks the first time that anthropologists have systematically studied cross-cultural variations in homosexual behavior in a non-Western culture area. The book as a whole indicates that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision in light of the Melanesian findings. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984. This book contains the work of seven leading anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality, and it marks the first time that anthropologists have systematically studied cross-cultural variations in homosexual behavior in a non-Western culture