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The Family among the Australian Aborigines, a Sociological Study

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The Family among the Australian Aborigines, a Sociological Study

Bronislaw Malinowski

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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

  1. 1THE FAMILY AMONG THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES
  2. 2FOREWORD
  3. 3CONTENTS
  4. 4CHAPTER I EXPOSITION OF THE PROBLEM AND METHOD
  5. 5I
  6. 6II
  7. 7CHAPTER II MODES OF OBTAINING WIVES
  8. 8CHAPTER III HUSBAND AND WIFE
  9. 9Mourning and Burial Ceremonies
  10. 10CHAPTER IV SEXUAL ASPECT OF MARRIAGE
  11. 11CHAPTER V MODE OF LIVING
  12. 12I
  13. 13II
  14. 14CHAPTER VI DISCUSSION OF KINSHIP
  15. 15I Theoretical Analysis of this Concept
  16. 16II Some Examples of Kinship Ideas suggested by the Australian Folk-lore
  17. 17CHAPTER VII PARENTS AND CHILDREN
  18. 18I

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