We, the Tikopia : a sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia / by Raymond Firth ; abridged by the author with a new introduction ; preface by Bronislaw Malinowski.
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TextSeries: Beacon paperbacks ; BP 164.Publication details: Boston : Beacon Press, 1963, ©1957.Edition: Second editionDescription: 488 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0807046957
- 306.8309961
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Originally published: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., ©1957.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Cooperation and constraint in marriage relationships -- "House" and clan -- Principles of land tenure -- A modern population problem -- Firing the ovens of youth -- 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--Publisher's description.