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100 1 _aMalinowski, Bronislaw,
_d1884-1942
245 1 4 _aThe Family among the Australian Aborigines, a Sociological Study
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_Among_the_Australian_Aborigines
500 _aRelease date is 2015-05-03
508 _aProduced by garweyne and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"The Family among the Australian Aborigines, a Sociological Study" by B. Malinowski is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The study delves into the nuances of family life among Australian Aboriginal societies, emphasizing an intricate examination of kinship, marriage practices, and family dynamics. Malinowski seeks to confront contradictions in existing literature regarding the existence and structure of familial relations in these communities. At the start of the work, Malinowski outlines the complexities surrounding the concepts of family and kinship in Australia, positing that previous studies have overly simplified or obscured the realities of Aboriginal social structures. He argues for an in-depth, observational approach to better articulate various dimensions of family life, asserting that both individual and group kinship may coexist rather than one excluding the other. Malinowski emphasizes the necessity of a thorough investigation of actual family practices, which serves not only to clarify misunderstandings but also to establish a sound methodological basis for sociological analysis of Aboriginal familial structures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEthnology -- Australia
653 _aAboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
653 _aFamilies -- History
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48865
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