The Work of the Gods in Tikopia
Second Edition
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:1st Jan '67
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- Paperback£39.99(9780367716660)
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.
ISBN: 9781845203054
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1102g
510 pages