The Work of the Gods in Tikopia

Second Edition

By:

Raymond Firth

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Paperback / softback

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

March 31st, 2021

Author

Raymond Firth

Series

LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology

Pages

292

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

ISBN-13

9780367716660

Product ID

34621530

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