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Fairy Tales & Folklore

Argonauts of the Western Pacific

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    Argonauts of the Western Pacific is a folklore and fairy tales novel by Bronislaw Malinowski.

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    About Argonauts of the Western Pacific

    "Argonauts of the Western Pacific" by Bronisław Malinowski is an ethnography published in 1922. This groundbreaking work documents the Trobriand people of the Kiriwana island chain near New Guinea, focusing on their complex trading system called the kula. Malinowski revolutionized anthropology by practicing "participant observation"—living among his subjects rather than studying them from afar. The book redefined ethnographic fieldwork and established intensive fieldwork as the foundation of modern social anthropology, earning comparison to Shakespeare's impact on literature.
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    Themes, setting & tropes

    Genres

    Subjects

    • Kula exchange, Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands
    • Massim, Papua New Guinean people, Rites and ceremonies
    • Ethnology, Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands
    • Folklore, Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands
    • Barter, Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands
    • Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, Social life and customs

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    Who wrote Argonauts of the Western Pacific?

    Argonauts of the Western Pacific was written by Bronislaw Malinowski.

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    It is usually shelved as Fairy Tales & Folklore.

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