We, the Tikopia : a sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia / by Raymond Firth ; with a preface by Bronislaw Malinowski.
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TextPublication details: London : George Allen and Unwin, 1957.Edition: Second editionDescription: xxvi, 605 pages, 15 pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables, maps, plans, portraits ; 23 cmContent type: - text
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- 572.9935
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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.