The Work of the Gods in Tikopia: Second Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 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.

Author: Raymond William Firth
ISBN-10: 0367716666
ISBN-13: 9780367716660
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2021
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.20d