Description |
1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
Summary |
In 1915, Bronislaw Malinowski set out to document the 'exotic' practices of a small group of islanders off the coast of Papua New Guinea. With extensive data on sex, magic and spirits of the dead, his work set the stage for anthropologists for decades to come and brought him fame as one of the founding fathers of anthropology. Four generations and almost one hundred years later, his great grandson travels to the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea and looks at the very controversial legacy Malinowski left behind - within the field of anthropology, within his own family and among the descendents of the people he studied. The film follows a layered landscape of narrative threads: the story of Malinowski's last surviving daughter and her ambivalence towards her father's painful legacy; the Trobriand Islanders surprising personal relationship to Malinwoski as they witness the impact of westernization on their changing customs; and the story of Malinowski himself- the triumphant, self-made mythical anthropologist |
Notes |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2011 |
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Special features include video extras, field photo gallery, trailer |
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DVD, NTSC ; region 0 |
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English and Kiriwinian with English subtitles |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
Subject |
Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942.
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Anthropologists.
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Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands.
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SUBJECT |
Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137956
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films
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Feature films
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Feature films
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Video recordings.
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Author |
Stuart, Zachary, screenwriter, director, producer
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Thomson, Kelly, screenwriter, director, producer
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Sly Productions (Firm)
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