WULOLIFE
Argonauts of the Western Pacific Author: [British] Bronislaw Malinowski Original title: Argonauts of the Western Pacific
Argonauts of the Western Pacific Author: [British] Bronislaw Malinowski Original title: Argonauts of the Western Pacific
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Introduction · · · · · ·
Malinowski (1884-1942), a British anthropologist, is the founder of the British functional school and modern anthropological ethnography. The author creatively proposed and applied the method of anthropological fieldwork, and conducted an in-depth and detailed study of the lives of the indigenous people in the Kula region centered on the Trobriand Islands, revealing the relationship between witchcraft, religion, trade, and daily life in the local indigenous society. It was the most complete and scientific description of the nation at that time. This book is a milestone in the field of anthropological research, and has a great influence on later anthropological research in terms of theoretical construction, fieldwork methods, and text organization.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Bronislaw Malinowski, a famous British anthropologist, was originally of Polish descent. He was the founder of the functional school and the founder of modern anthropology.
Gong Xiuying is a teacher at the School of Foreign Languages of Minzu University of China.