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.

By:

Firth, Raymond, 1901-2002 [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0807046957

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DDC classification:

306.8309961

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Texts - cam	TNU, Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities Pasifika Collection	PAC 301.296 FIR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	FEAH24110153

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.