We, the Tikopia : a sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia /
Firth, Raymond, 1901-2002,
We, the Tikopia : a sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia / by Raymond Firth ; with a preface by Bronislaw Malinowski. - Second edition - London : George Allen and Unwin, 1957. - xxvi, 605 pages, 15 pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables, maps, plans, portraits ; 23 cm
First ed.: 1936. New Zealand author.
In primitive Polynesia -- Adjustment to civilization -- Village life -- Household and family -- Personal relations in the family circle -- The kin of father and mother -- Language of kinship -- Dirges for dead kin -- Co-operation and constraint in marriage relationships -- "House" and clan -- Principles of land tenure -- A modern population problem -- Firing the ovens of youth -- Sociology of sex -- Marriage by capture -- Kinship and social stability.
This comprehensive treatment of a tribal society was written after a year of field work on the small Pacific island of Tikopia in the 1920s, at a time when these Polynesian people were almost untouched by Western civilization. The religious, familial, political, economic, and cultural features of Tikopian tribal organization are covered in detail.
a 58005965
Tikopia (Solomon Islands people)--Kinship.
Anthropology--Solomon Islands.
572.9935
We, the Tikopia : a sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia / by Raymond Firth ; with a preface by Bronislaw Malinowski. - Second edition - London : George Allen and Unwin, 1957. - xxvi, 605 pages, 15 pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables, maps, plans, portraits ; 23 cm
First ed.: 1936. New Zealand author.
In primitive Polynesia -- Adjustment to civilization -- Village life -- Household and family -- Personal relations in the family circle -- The kin of father and mother -- Language of kinship -- Dirges for dead kin -- Co-operation and constraint in marriage relationships -- "House" and clan -- Principles of land tenure -- A modern population problem -- Firing the ovens of youth -- Sociology of sex -- Marriage by capture -- Kinship and social stability.
This comprehensive treatment of a tribal society was written after a year of field work on the small Pacific island of Tikopia in the 1920s, at a time when these Polynesian people were almost untouched by Western civilization. The religious, familial, political, economic, and cultural features of Tikopian tribal organization are covered in detail.
a 58005965
Tikopia (Solomon Islands people)--Kinship.
Anthropology--Solomon Islands.
572.9935