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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

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Author

Raymond Firth, Laura Bear

Publisher

Routledge

Published

1970

Language

EN

ISBN

9780367716660

Category

social science

Subjects

Anthropology, Science, Economics

Updated

2026-03-25