The Story of a Marriage - The letters of Bronislaw Malinowski and Elsie Masson. Vol II 1920-35

Bronislaw Malinowski is known internationally as one of the founders of social anthropology, as the creator of modern fieldwork, as a great writer and an inspiring teacher. This book reveals for the first time his marriage and domestic life, and clarifies his relationships with colleagues, with his students and with a wide spectrum of friends.

List of contents

List of illustration, The editor’s foreword and an introduction to both volumes appear in Volume I, Chronology, Part I 1920±25, Part II 1926±29, Part III 1930±35, Postscript, Notes, Index

About the author

Helena Wayne

Summary

While much has been written about the work of Malinowski, little has been written his personal life. These letters, available for the first time offer an insight of the man not just as teacher and scientist but as a husband, father and friend.

Product details

• Assisted by: Helena Wayne (Editor), Wayne Helena (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.02.1995
• EAN: 9780415117593
• ISBN: 978-0-415-11759-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Weight: 660 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Autobiography: general, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Autobiography: philosophy and social sciences