We, the Tikopia; a sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia
By: Pref. by Bronislaw Malinowski. Abridged by the author with a new introd
Series: Beacon paperbacks -- BP 164; Beacon paperbacks -- 164
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 1963
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
Subjects: Tikopia (Solomon Islands people); Kinship
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: In primitive Polynesia; title: Adjustment to civilization; title: Village life; title: Household and family; title: Personal relations in the family circle; title: The kin of father and mother; title: Language of kinship; title: Cooperation and constraint in marriage relationships; title: "House" and clan; title: Principles of land tenure; title: A modern population problem; title: Firing the ovens of youth; title: Marriage by capture; title: Kinship and social stability.