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THE WORK OF THE GODS IN TIKOPIA
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| By: |
Raymond Firth |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£135.00 |
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£121.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1845203054 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781845203054 |
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| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1967 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Series: |
LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology v. 1 |
| Pages: |
292 |
| Description: |
Provides an account by a social anthropologist of a Polynesian ritual cycle. This single-volume includes a theoretical introduction, and supplies postscripts to some of the chapters comparing the performances of 1928-29 with those witnessed by Professor Firth on his second visit to Tikopia in 1952. |
| Synopsis: |
First published in 1939 and long out of print, this book remains unique as the only full and detailed account by a social anthropologist of a complete pagan Polynesian ritual cycle. This new single-volume edition omits some of the Tikopia vernacular texts, but includes a new theoretical introduction; postscripts have also been supplied to some of the chapters comparing the performances of 1928-9 with those witnessed by Professor Firth on his second visit to Tikopia in 1952. There is a specially written Epilogue on the final eclipse of the traditional ritual, based on a third visit by the author during the summer of 1966. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Berg Publishers |
| Returns: |
Returnable |