A Diary in the Strict Sense of the Term

by Bronisław Malinowski

Book Overview

When it was first published (in 1967, posthumously), Bronislaw Malinowski's diary, covering the period of his fieldwork in 1914-1915 and 1917-1918 in New Guinea and the Trobriand Islands, set off a storm of controversy.

Many anthropologists felt that the publication of the diary--which Raymond Firth describes as "this revealing, egocentric, obsessional document"--was a profound disservice to the memory of one of the giant figures in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804717079
• ISBN13: 9780804717076
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 8.6"