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Affinity and the role of the father in the Trobriands
Southwestern journal of anthropology • 23 • Published In 1967 • Pages: 90-109
By: Sider, Karen Blu.
Abstract
This work begins with a brief survey of Trobriand society, is followed by a discussion of the major questions about matrilineal and affinal relationships and the role of the father, then Sider's own reanalysis of the data presented in the earlier works of Malinowski, Powell, Robinson, and others in terms of these questions.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- Oceania
- Sub Region
- Melanesia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Papua New Guinea
- Notes
- [by] Karen Blu Sider
- LCSH
- Trobriand Islanders