Tikopia Ritual and Belief (Routledge Revivals)
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No people have ever been studied from this point of view in such minute detail and with such scholarly documentation. The picture of life in this island is presented in the most readable form, for Dr Firth is a master of English prose. Listener
The value of this book lies in just this careful observation of intimate human relationships, and in the wealth of material on which its conclusions are based. . . The book is thus a valuable experiment in the new technique of direct sociological research originally inspired by Professor Malinowski. New Statesman
To anthropologists, the publication of this book is an important event. Psychologists, sociologists and all who take a less professional interest in the expression of the basic human emotions in an unfamiliar setting will study it with profit and those who ask no more than thc romance of distant skies may read it with pleasure. Spectator
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First published in 1967, this book gives some of the fruits of the author's study of Tikopia ways of thought as the result of three field expeditions. Most Polynesians became Christians more than a century ago but Tikopia had a substantial pagan population until quite recent years. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Routledge
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 386
- ISBN
- 9780415694681
- Utgivelsesår
- 2011
- Format
- 22 x 14 cm
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No people have ever been studied from this point of view in such minute detail and with such scholarly documentation. The picture of life in this island is presented in the most readable form, for Dr Firth is a master of English prose. Listener
The value of this book lies in just this careful observation of intimate human relationships, and in the wealth of material on which its conclusions are based. . . The book is thus a valuable experiment in the new technique of direct sociological research originally inspired by Professor Malinowski. New Statesman
To anthropologists, the publication of this book is an important event. Psychologists, sociologists and all who take a less professional interest in the expression of the basic human emotions in an unfamiliar setting will study it with profit and those who ask no more than thc romance of distant skies may read it with pleasure. Spectator
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