The Work of the Gods in Tikopia
Second Edition
by Raymond Firth
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.
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The Work of the Gods in Tikopia: Second Edition
2021, Routledge
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1000324656 9781000324655
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Raymond Firth is Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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