The Work of the Gods in Tikopia

Second Edition

By:

Raymond Firth

Format:

Hardback

Series:

LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology

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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.

Author Biography:

Raymond Firth is Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Release date NZ

January 1st, 1967

Author

Raymond Firth

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

510

Series

LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology

Dimensions

138x216x22

ISBN-13

9781845203054

Product ID

2367088

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