Title Sorcerers of Dobu : the social anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific / by R.F. Fortune ; with an introduction by B. Malinowski

Edition Revised edition Published London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1963

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Description xxx, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Preface -- Introduction / by Professor Malinowski -- 1. Social organization -- 2. The garden -- 3. The black art -- 4. The spirits of the dead -- 5. Economics -- 6. Sex -- 7. Dance and song -- 8. Legend -- 9. The individual in the social pattern -- Appendix -- I. Dobu and Basima -- II. Vada -- III. Administration and sorcery -- IV. Heat and the black art Notes "Australasian National Research Council Expedition to New Guinea, 1927-8" -- Verso t.p First published 1932 Includes index Subject Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- D'Entrecasteaux Islands Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- D'Entrecasteaux Islands. Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- Papua -- D'Entrecasteaux Islands Magic -- Papua New Guinea -- D'Entrecasteaux Islands. Magic -- Papua New Guinea -- Papua -- D'Entrecasteaux Islands Papuans. Witchcraft -- Papua New Guinea -- Dobu Island. Wizards -- Papua New Guinea -- Dobu Island. SUBJECT Dobu Island (Papua New Guinea) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89001692 Dobu Island (Papua New Guinea) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89001692 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 Tewara Island Tewara Islands (Papua New Guinea) Author Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942. Australian National Research Council. LC no. 66000646

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