Burke, P.D.M. 2024. Our Ancestors: making sense of Bronisław Malinowski and Elsie Masson. in: Grażyna Kubica and Dariusz Brzeziński (ed.) Bronisław Malinowski and his Legacy in Contemporary Social Sciences and Humanities Routledge. pp. 47-57
| Chapter title | Our Ancestors: making sense of Bronisław Malinowski and Elsie Masson |
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| Authors | Burke, P.D.M. |
| Editors | Grażyna Kubica and Dariusz Brzeziński |
| Abstract | This chapter explores in depth what the author’s grandparents, Bronislaw Malinowski, and his first wife Elsie Masson, have meant to the three following generations – children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. How have these descendants ‘made sense’ of their famous, brilliant, forebear – Malinowski the anthropologist? What accounts do they give of his intelligent, and loving, wife, who, for more than half the marriage, was succumbing to the multiple sclerosis that killed her when she was forty-five years old? How do they interpret Malinowski and Elsie’s relationship with each other, and with their daughters? What influence – for good or ill – do they think Malinowski and Elsie have had on their descendants? This analysis of the Malinowski legacy draws on an eclectic range of testimony by family members: published accounts (for example, Helena Malinowska Wayne’s article about women in Malinowski’s life, and a memoir by a grandchild, Sebastian Stuart); a documentary co-directed by Zachary Stuart (a great-grandson) in which family members reflect on Malinowski’s legacy for his family. |
| Book title | Bronisław Malinowski and his Legacy in Contemporary Social Sciences and Humanities |
| Page range | 47-57 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | 14 Jun 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781032583655 |
| 9781003449768 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003449768-4 |