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The Family Among the Australian Aborigines

The Family Among the Australian Aborigines

by Bronislaw Malinowski

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Author
Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942
Title
The Family among the Australian Aborigines, a Sociological Study
Credits
Produced by garweyne and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender
Subject
Families -- History
Category
Text
eBook-No.
48865
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48865
Release Date
May 3, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE FAMILY AMONG THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES
  2. 2.FOREWORD [v] — CONTENTS [xi]
  3. 3.CHAPTER I EXPOSITION OF THE PROBLEM AND METHOD — I — II
  4. 4.CHAPTER II [34] MODES OF OBTAINING WIVES
  5. 5.CHAPTER III [67] HUSBAND AND WIFE — Mourning and Burial Ceremonies
  6. 6.CHAPTER IV [89] SEXUAL ASPECT OF MARRIAGE
  7. 7.CHAPTER V [132] MODE OF LIVING — I — II [158]
  8. 8.CHAPTER VI [168] DISCUSSION OF KINSHIP — I Theoretical Analysis of this Concept — II Some Examples of Kinship Ideas suggested by the Australian Folk-lore — CHAPTER VII [234] PARENTS AND CHILDREN — I — II [238] — III — IV
  9. 9.CHAPTER VIII [274] ECONOMICS — CHAPTER IX [292] SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS — ADDENDA [305] — BIBLIOGRAPHY [310] — INDEX [317]

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