The Yoyova craving for raw fish
in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (LSE), of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Box 2: Trobriand Islands fieldwork notebooks and notes, Folder 35: Field notes) (London, England) (31 August 1918) , 2 page(s)
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- A page of handwritten notes is headed 'p. 355 verso - The Yoyova craving for raw fish, Motagori, 31/8/18, T.12.' Indigenous words have English translations below, followed by a sentence explaining that when children see fish, they eat them raw. A commentary on this custom follows. These notes are written on the back of used paper listing the names of different private hospitals.
- Field of Interest
- Anthropology
- Copyright Message
- Materials sourced from Yale University. Copyright © 2016 by Patrick Burke
- Content Type
- Field notes
- Anthropologist / Ethnographer
- Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
- Format
- Text
- Page Count
- 2
- Subject
- Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural anthropology, Raw foods, Fish and seafood, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Trobriand Islanders
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural