{"product_id":"argonauts-of-the-western-pacific-bronislaw-malinowski-9780415738644","title":"Argonauts of the Western Pacific","description":"\u003cp\u003eBronislaw Malinowski's pathbreaking \u003ci\u003eArgonauts of the Western Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a detailed account of exchange in the Melanesian islands and a manifesto of a modernist anthropology. Malinowski argued that the goal of which the ethnographer should never lose sight is 'to grasp the native's point of view, his relation to life, to realise his vision of his world.' Through vivid evocations of Kula life, including the building and launching of canoes, fishing expeditions and the role of myth and magic amongst the Kula people, Malinowski brilliantly describes an inter-island system of exchange - from gifts from father to son to swapping fish for yams - around which an entire community revolves. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA classic of anthropology that did much to establish the primacy of painstaking fieldwork over the earlier anecdotal reports of travel writers, journalists and missionaries, it is a compelling insight into a world now largely lost from view.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e　\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith a new foreword by Adam Kuper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bronislaw Malinowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415738644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415738644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.14d","brand":"Bronislaw Malinowski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119694311679,"sku":"9780415738644","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_085ec79c-4579-4019-aaa5-9708f69b7460.jpg?v=1687410484","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/argonauts-of-the-western-pacific-bronislaw-malinowski-9780415738644","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}