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The Family among the Australian Aborigines, a Sociological Study
Bronislaw Malinowski
Years before the Trobriand fieldwork made him famous, Bronislaw Malinowski wrote this rigorous study of Aboriginal Australian family life, testing every source on modes of obtaining wives, husband and wife relations, and the household's daily order. His first book, and a methodological landmark in anthropology. Watch a great discipline learning its standards.
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26 chapters
- 1THE FAMILY AMONG THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES
- 2FOREWORD
- 3CONTENTS
- 4CHAPTER I EXPOSITION OF THE PROBLEM AND METHOD
- 5I
- 6II
- 7CHAPTER II MODES OF OBTAINING WIVES
- 8CHAPTER III HUSBAND AND WIFE
- 9Mourning and Burial Ceremonies
- 10CHAPTER IV SEXUAL ASPECT OF MARRIAGE
- 11CHAPTER V MODE OF LIVING
- 12I
- 13II
- 14CHAPTER VI DISCUSSION OF KINSHIP
- 15I Theoretical Analysis of this Concept
- 16II Some Examples of Kinship Ideas suggested by the Australian Folk-lore
- 17CHAPTER VII PARENTS AND CHILDREN
- 18I
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