Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism (1975)
Title
Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism (1975)
Subject
Trobriand Islanders
Cricket
Ethnographic films
URL
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Description
Content description from WorldCat.org
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One of the world's best-known and most honored ethnographic films, this classic documentary depicts the many modifications made by Trobriand Islanders, in Papua New Guinea, to the traditional British game of cricket. The film demonstrates how the islanders have transformed the game into an outlet for tribal rivalry, mock warfare, community interchange, sexual innuendo, and an afternoon of riotous fun.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. One newspaper article from 10/14/1984 The Arizona Republic: Is it cricket? Traditionally English game gains some very untraditional qualities. Two photocopied pages with film review of "Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism." Note: Restricted-57 is written on original folder.
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(https://www.worldcat.org/title/trobriand-cricket-an-ingenious-response-to-colonialism/oclc/958377699):
One of the world's best-known and most honored ethnographic films, this classic documentary depicts the many modifications made by Trobriand Islanders, in Papua New Guinea, to the traditional British game of cricket. The film demonstrates how the islanders have transformed the game into an outlet for tribal rivalry, mock warfare, community interchange, sexual innuendo, and an afternoon of riotous fun.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. One newspaper article from 10/14/1984 The Arizona Republic: Is it cricket? Traditionally English game gains some very untraditional qualities. Two photocopied pages with film review of "Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism." Note: Restricted-57 is written on original folder.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Gary Kildea and Jerry Leach (directors and producers)
Publisher
Government of Papua New Guinea
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Ethnography
Date
1975
Citation
“Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism (1975),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed May 16, 2025, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/132.