Coral Gardens and Their Magic

The Description of Gardening [1935]
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-415-26249-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 610 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 891 g

Reihe: Bronislaw Malinowski

The first part of a two volume classic devoted to the agriculture and agricultural rites of the Trobriand Islanders. This work looks at the signigicance of agriculture in the Trobriand Islands.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Malinowski

Malinowski, Bronislaw

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Tropische Landwirtschaft
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Physische Geographie und Topographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS OF VOLUME ONE PART ONE INTRODUCTION: TRIBAL ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF THE TROBRIANDERS PART TWO GARDENS AND THEIR MAGIC ON A CORAL ATOLL I. GENERAL ACCOUNT OF GARDENING II. THE GARDENS OF OMARAKANA: EARLY WORK AND INAUGURATIVE MAGIC HI. THE GARDENS OF OMARAKANA: PREPARING THE SOIL AND PLANTING THE SEED IV. THE GARDEN S OF OMARAKANA: THE MAGIC OF GROWTH V. HARVES T VI. THE CUSTOMAR Y LAW OF HARVEST GIFTS VII. THE WORK AND MAGIC OF PROSPERITY VIII. STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE BWAYMA IX. A COMPARATIVE GLANCE AT TROBRIAND GARDENING X. THE CULTIVATION OF TARO, PALMS AND BANANAS XI. THE METHOD OF FIELD-WORK AND INVISIBLE FACTS OF NATIVE LAW AND ECONOMICS XII. LAND TENURE PART THREE DOCUMENTS AN D APPENDICE

Über Autor(innen)

Bronislaw Malinowski Department of Anthropology, University of London, London School of Economics