Letter from Leo Austen to Bronislaw Malinowski, Sept. 22, 1934

Letter from Leo Austen to Bronislaw Malinowski, Sept. 22, 1934

written by Leo Austen, 1894-1956, in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (Yale), of Yale University. Sterling Memorial Library. Manuscripts and Archives (Papers relating to Malinowski's studies of the Trobriands Islands, Further material and correspondence) (New Haven, CT) (22 September 1934) , 4 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary
Date: 22.9.34. Place: Losuia (Kiriwina). A four-page, typed letter from Leo Austen, the resident magistrate for the Trobriand Islands, asks Malinowski's opinion on changes Austen proposes to make to the system of food exchanges and family obligations among the Trobriand Islanders, particularly with regard to tribute to the chief. He notes that such a change would increase chiefs' influence, and indirectly, the British rule.
Field of Interest
Anthropology
Author
Leo Austen, 1894-1956
Copyright Message
Materials sourced from Yale University. Copyright © 2016 by Patrick Burke
Content Type
Letter
Duration
0 sec
Warning: Contains explicit content
No
Format
Text
Page Count
4
Page Range
1-4
Subject
Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural anthropology, Chieftains, Economics, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942, Trobriand Islanders
Keywords and Translated Subjects
Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural

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