Isbn: 9789820108134 - dancing, dying, crawling, crying: stories of continuity and change in the polynesian community of tikopia (2 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 201 pp., illustrations, bibliography. Largely by reason of its isolation, the tiny volcanic island of Tikopia in the South Pacific, has managed to retain its traditional Polynesian culture far more than most Pacific islands. Almost seventy years after the life of the island community was detailed by anthropology student Raymond (later Sir Raymond) Firth, the present author, Julian Treadaway, made several visits to Tikopia, sharing the life of his Tikopia host families for many months at a time, and nothing remarkable continuity with the time of Firth's visits and even before.…

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