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Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric

An Ethnography and Archaeology of Andean Camelid Herding

By Penny Dransart

Through a richly detailed examination of the practices of spinning yarn from the fleece of llamas and alpacas, Earth, Water, Fleece and Fabric explores the…

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2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-27959-8 (Routledge)

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Jews of the Dutch Caribbean

Exploring Ethnic Identity on Curacao

By Alan F. Benjamin

Jews of the Dutch Caribbean addresses identity and ethnicity, through a detailed study of a little-known group in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. It asks readers to…

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2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-27439-5 (Routledge)

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Malinowski amongst the Magi

The Natives of Mailu [1915/1988]

A reissue of Malinowski's first field monograph, containing historical…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26244-6 (Routledge)

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Sex and Repression in Savage Society

[1927]

This volume explores and challenges the applicatio psychoanalytic theory…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26246-0 (Routledge)

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The Father in Primitive Psychology and Myth in Primitive Psychology

[1927]

This volume investigates ideas, beliefs and sentiments…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26247-7 (Routledge)

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The Sexual Lives of Savages

[1932/1952]

This volume provides an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26248-4 (Routledge)

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Coral Gardens and Their Magic

The Description of Gardening [1935]

The first part of a two volume classic devoted to…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26249-1 (Routledge)

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Coral Gardens and Their Magic

The Language and Magic of Gardening [1935]

The concluding part of Coral Gardens and Their Magic

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26250-7 (Routledge)

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Argonauts of the Western Pacific

An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea [1922/1994]

This classic text examines the extensive and…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26716-8 (Routledge)

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Man and Culture

An Evaluation of the Work of Malinowski [1957]

This volume is a reassessment of Malinowski's work…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26717-5 (Routledge)

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