Anthropology's conrad:Malinowski in the tropics and what he read

Abstract

Abstract This paper seeks to show how imperial adventure fiction provided a charter for British social anthropology in the early years of this century by demonstrating links between Joseph Conrad and Bronislaw Malinowski. It includes brief biographies of both men, with particular attention to Malinowski's years in the Trobriand Islands, as well as a close reading of Malinowski's Diary in the Strict Sense of the Term, which reveals strong narrative parallels with Conrad's fiction.