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Trobriand Islands (trō`brēănd', trō'brēănd`), small volcanic island group off SE New Guinea, part of Papua New Guinea. Kiriwana is the largest of the group's 22 islands. Yams, pearl shell, and trepang are the major products. The islands were made famous in the writings of anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski Malinowski, Bronislaw (brŏnē`slŏf mălĭnŏf`skē), 1884–1942, English anthropologist, b. Poland, Ph.D. ..... Click the link for more information. . Trobriand Islandsor Kiriwina IslandsGroup of small coral islands, Solomon Sea, South Pacific Ocean, Papua New Guinea. The islands are low-lying with coral reefs. The group has a total land area of about 170 sq mi (440 sq km). The largest, Kiriwina, is an atoll 30 mi (48 km) long and 3–10 mi (5–16 km) wide, covered largely with swamp; it served as an air and naval base for the Allies in 1943. Anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski conducted research among the Trobriand islanders 1915–18. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Primitive Economics of the Trobriand Islanders. Like the Trobriand islanders immortalized by Bronislow Malinowski, Damascenes imagined a world which was constantly subject to the manipulation of words, whose power could make itself felt everywhere. This tradition of fieldwork was followed and elaborated by the leading anthropologists of the 20th century, among them Bronislaw Malinowski with the Trobriand Islanders in the Pacific (1914-18), E. |
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