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The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia

An Ethnographic Account of Courtship, Marriage, and Family Life among the Natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea

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ID9950130
AuthorsC G Seligman, Havelock Ellis (0000-0001-8571-0340)
Year1929
Issue25
Pages86-86
Publication date1929-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeREVIEW
Review ofThe sexual life of savages in north-western Melanesia: An ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea, Bronislaw Malinowski, 1929
VenueEconomica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0427 • E-ISSN: 1468-0335
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2307/2548523
OpenAlexW2009520379
LanguageEN

This volume provides an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the people of the Trobriand Islands

Cohabitation · Family life · New guinea · Sexual life · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

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