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Sorcerers of Dobu; the social anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific.

Title
Sorcerers of Dobu; the social anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific. With an introd. by B. Malinowski.
Author
Fortune, Reo, 1903-1979.
Publication
London, Routledge & K. Paul [1963]

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Additional Authors
Australian National Research Council.
Description
xxx, 318 pages . illustrations, map; 25 cm
Series Statement
Australasian National Research Council Expedition to New Guinea ; 1927-8
Uniform Title
Australasian National Research Council Expedition to New Guinea ; 1927-8.
Subject
  • Ethnology > Papua New Guinea > D'Entrecasteaux Islands
  • Magic > Papua New Guinea > D'Entrecasteaux Islands
  • Ethnologie > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Entrecasteaux, Îles d'
  • Ethnology
  • Magic
  • Ethnology > Papua New Guinea > D'Entrecasteaux Islands > Dobu
  • Magic > Papua New Guinea > D'Entrecasteaux Islands > Dobu
  • Iwi taketake
  • Dobu Island (Papua New Guinea)
  • Tewara Island (Papua New Guinea)
  • Dobu (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée : Île)
  • Papua New Guinea > D'Entrecasteaux Islands
  • Papua New Guinea > Dobu Island
Note
  • "Australasian National Research Council Expedition to New Guinea, 1927-8."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface -- Introduction / by Professor Malinowski -- 1. Social organization -- 2. The garden -- 3. The black art -- 4. The spirits of the dead -- 5. Economics -- 6. Sex -- 7. Dance and song -- 8. Legend -- 9. The individual in the social pattern -- Appendix -- I. Dobu and Basima -- II. Vada -- III. Administration and sorcery -- IV. Heat and the black art.
LCCN
66000646
OCLC
  • ocm00230594
  • 230594
  • SCSB-146748
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library