Order Description
How, and to what extent, has Annette Weiner contributed to the development of anthropological theory by revisiting Malinowski’s field site and his findings?

Exchange systems and kinship. Discuss Weiner’s analysis of Trobriander exchange systems and kinship, and consider how her work developed and/or refuted that of Malinowski.

Gender. Weiner wished both to highlight the role of women in Trobriand society and to reveal where Malinowski’s interpretations had been limited or biased by the feelings and assumptions he had
taken to the field from his own European gender and culture. How successful is Weiner in fulfilling this wish?

The role of theory. What theoretical framework guided Malinowki’s work? How about Annette Weiner? (This is challenging – Weiner does not explicitly state her theoretical framework as a “school of
thought”)