MALINOWSKI, Bronislaw.
The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia: An Ethnographic Account of Courtship, Marriage, and Family Life among the Natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea.
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd , 1929.
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First British edition of Bronislaw Malinowski's The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia
First British edition of the influential Polish anthropologist's study on the social organization of sexuality among the native population of the Trobriand Islands. Octavo, original half vellum over buckram-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with 96 full-page plates and figures including frontispiece and map. In near fine condition with light toning to the page edges.
One of the most significant anthropologists of the 20th century, Polish ethnographer Bronisław Malinowski's contributions to social theory and field research had a lasting influence on the discipline of anthropology. His ethnography of the Trobriand Islands described the complex institution of the Kula ring and became foundational for subsequent theories of reciprocity and exchange. He was also widely regarded as an eminent fieldworker and his texts regarding the anthropological field methods were foundational to early anthropology, for example coining the term participatory observation. In his 1929 work The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia he describes in detail the social organization of sexuality (social rites, partner choice, etc.) "tracing the Trobriand lifecycle from birth through puberty, marriage, and death".
The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia: An Ethnographic Account of Courtship, Marriage, and Family Life among the Natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea.
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