Diary of Life in the Trobriand Islands, in French, by Pearl Trader Raphael Brudo, Sept. 2-30, 1934

Name: Diary of Life in the Trobriand Islands, in French, by Pearl Trader Raphael Brudo, Sept. 2-30, 1934
Author: Raphael Brudo, fl. 1934

written by Raphael Brudo, fl. 1934, 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) (September 1934) , 14 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: A 14-page manuscript, typed in French with occasional handwritten passages, is an account/diary of daily life in the Trobriand Islands by pearl trader Raphael Brudo, dated between Sept. 2 and 30 of 1934. This is apparently the account that Brudo composed at the request of Princess Marie Bonaparte, a descendant of Napoleon and renowned psychoanalyst of the early 20th century. Brudo describes his boat, his crew, and the natural beauty of the islands, then discusses: a chief that Bonaparte had asked about; native belief in magic; a missionary's love for a native woman, who left him for the sexual freedom of her own culture; a trip along the coastline, visiting other Europeans and traders in the islands; and descriptions of his own daily life.
Field of Interest: Anthropology
Author: Raphael Brudo, fl. 1934
Content Type: Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Duration: 0 sec
Warning: Contains explicit content: No
Format: Text
Page Count: 14
Page Range: 1-14
Subject: Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural anthropology, Island life, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Princess Marie Bonaparte, 1882-1962, Trobriand Islanders
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural