The Family among the Australian Aborigines
2014
First Published
4.10
Average Rating
350
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Written by one of the most important anthropologists of the 20th-century, this is an unflinching look at Australian Aborigines and their lives. Fair warning - the way the women and young girls are treated can make for depressing and disturbing reading. Chapters include: Exposition Of The Problem And Method; Modes Of Obtaining Wives; Husband And Wife; Sexual Aspect Of Marriage; Mode Of Living; Discussion Of Kinship; Theoretical Analysis Of This Concept; Some Examples Of Kinship Ideas Suggested By The Australian Folk-Lore; Parents And Children; and, Economics.
Avg Rating
4.10
Number of Ratings
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Author
Bronislaw Malinowski
Author · 13 books
Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (IPA: [ˌmaliˈnɔfski]; April 7, 1884 – May 16, 1942) was a Polish anthropologist widely considered to be one of the most important anthropologists of the twentieth century because of his pioneering work on ethnographic fieldwork, with which he also gave a major contribution to the study of Melanesia, and the study of reciprocity.
