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: | 9781859738894 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1965 |
| Author: | M. G. Swift |
| Publisher: | Berg Publishers an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology |
| Genres: |
Society and culture: general Anthropology |