Garden Island, The

Synopsis

An introduction, illustrating some of Malinowski’s material, to the ethnography of the Trobriand Islands in eastern Papua, showing gardening methods, magic, harvest, and dances, including among the latter a mock battle between the sexes.
Undergraduates. Postgraduates.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film; Film. 16mm. col. sd. 25 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1968

Availability

Hire

Subjects

Anthropology

Keywords

Papua; social life and customs

Credits

Director

Steve Szabo

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Distributor

Name

Royal Anthropological Institute Film & Video Library, c/o Concord Media

Email

sales@concordvideo.co.uk

Web

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01473 726012

Fax

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