Argonauts of the Western Pacific / An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea

by Bronislaw Malinowski

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Foreword
3. Acknowledgements
4. Phonetic Note
5. Table of Contents
6. Introduction: The Subject, Method and Scope of this Inquiry
7. The Country and Inhabitants of the Kula District
8. The Natives of the Trobriand Islands
9. The Essentials of the Kula
10. Canoes and Sailing
11. The Ceremonial Building of a Waga
12. Launching of a Canoe and Ceremonial Visiting—Tribal Economics in the Trobriands
13. The Departure of an Overseas Expedition
14. The First Halt of the Fleet on Muwa
15. Sailing on the Sea-Arm of Pilolu
16. The Story of Shipwreck
17. In the Amphletts—Sociology of the Kula
18. In Tewara and Sanaroa—Mythology of the Kula
19. On the Beach of Sarubwoyna
20. The Kula in Dobu—Technicalities of the Exchange
21. The Journey Home—The Fishing and Working of the Kaloma Shell
22. The Return Visit of the Dobuans to Sinaketa
23. Magic and the Kula
24. The Power of Words in Magic—Some Linguistic Data
25. The Inland Kula
26. Expeditions Between Kiriwina and Kitava
27. The Remaining Branches and Offshoots of the Kula
28. The Meaning of the Kula
29. Colophon

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