03215oam 2200685I 450 991078630340332120240130035356.01-136-50543-10-203-14544-51-283-84565-21-136-50544-X10.4324/9780203145449(CKB)2670000000298939(EBL)1075235(OCoLC)821175912(SSID)ssj0000811973(PQKBManifestationID)11427924(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000811973(PQKBWorkID)10851145(PQKB)11252883(MiAaPQ)EBC1075235(Au-PeEL)EBL1075235(CaPaEBR)ebr10631085(CaONFJC)MIL415815(OCoLC)823738457(EXLCZ)99267000000029893920180706e20111967 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTikopia ritual and belief /Raymond FirthAbingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (386 p.)Routledge revivalsRoutledge revivals"First published in Britain in 1967 by George Allen and Unwin Ltd"--T.p. verso.0-415-69469-8 0-415-69468-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Tikopia Ritual and Belief; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. Outline of Tikopia Culture; 2. Ceremonies for Children; 3. Privilege Ceremonies; 4. Bond Friendship; 5. Suicide and Risk-Taking; 6. Rumour in a Primitive Society with A Note on the Theory of 'Cargo' Cults; 7. The Meaning of Dreams; 8. The Analysis of Mana: An Empirical Approach; 9. The Sociology of 'Magic'; 10. Ritual Adzes in Tikopia; 11. Totemism in Polynesia; 12. Economics and Ritual in Sago Extraction; 13. The Plasticity of Myth14. Individual Fantasy and Social Norms: Seances with Spirit Mediums15. The Fate of the Soul; 16. A Commentary; INDEXFirst 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. This book of essays describes rites and beliefs of a people who still maintained their traditional institutions remote from civilization. Studies of totemism, of magic and of beliefs in the fate of the soul in the afterworld, not only throw new light on Polynesian attitudes but also contribute some novel ideas toRoutledge RevivalsTikopia (Solomon Islands people)Rites and ceremoniesPolynesiaEthnography.Tikopia (Solomon Islands people)Rites and ceremonies390.0996390/.0996Firth Raymond1901-2002.,119644MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786303403321Tikopia ritual and belief296096UNINA