Coral Gardens and Their Magic

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Coral Gardens and Their Magic is a landmark ethnographic study by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski that examines Trobriand Islander agriculture, magic, and social organization through intensive fieldwork.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
ethnographic study
academicDiscipline social anthropology
author Bronisław Malinowski NERFINISHED
basedOn fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
documents indigenous agricultural knowledge
indigenous cosmology
land rights customs
fieldOfWork anthropology
ethnography
focusesOn gardening rituals
kinship and land tenure
magical spells
yam cultivation
follows Argonauts of the Western Pacific NERFINISHED
genre academic monograph
hasOCLCNumber 2209159
hasPart Volume I: The Description of Gardening NERFINISHED
Volume II: The Language of Magic and Gardening NERFINISHED
influenced anthropology of religion
economic anthropology
studies of magic and ritual
language English
mainSubject Trobriand Islanders NERFINISHED
agriculture
magic
social organization
methodology intensive fieldwork
participant observation
notableFor analysis of magical language
detailed description of Trobriand gardening
integration of ecology, economy, and ritual
numberOfVolumes 2
partOf Malinowski's Trobriand ethnographic series NERFINISHED
placeOfStudy Trobriand Islands NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1935
publisher Allen & Unwin NERFINISHED
regionDescribed Melanesia NERFINISHED
theoreticalContribution functionalism in anthropology
timePeriodDescribed early 20th century
usesLanguage Kiriwina (Trobriand) magical formulae

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Bronisław Malinowski notableWork Coral Gardens and Their Magic
Trobriand Islands describedIn Coral Gardens and Their Magic