essay
Complementary filiation and marriage in the Trobriand Islands
Marriage in tribal societies • (3) • Published In 1972 • Pages: 121-157
By: Robinson, Marguerite S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Robinson re-analyses Malinowski's and Powell's data on affinity and filiation and concludes that the position of the father in reference to marriage and filiation in Trobriand society '…is invested with important, and, in some respects, decisive jural, economic and ritual roles, rights and responsibilities. Complementary filiation, then, is of primary importance in Trobriand society, and in this respect resembles closely 'matrilineal' systems in other societies.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Gift giving
- Regulation of marriage
- Nuptials
- Family relationships
- Kin relationships
- Lineages
- Mourning
- Magic
- Pregnancy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Trobriands
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Melanesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Papua New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Marguerite S. Robinson
- First published 1962.
- Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1980
- Bibliography: p. 156-157
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Trobriand Islanders