Author : M. G. Swift
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000320723
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Malay Peasant Society in Jelebu by : M. G. Swift
Download or read book Malay Peasant Society in Jelebu written by M. G. Swift and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1939 and long out of print, this book remains unique as the only full and detailed account by a social anthropologist of a complete pagan Polynesian ritual cycle. This new single-volume edition omits some of the Tikopia vernacular texts, but includes a new theoretical introduction; postscripts have also been supplied to some of the chapters comparing the performances of 1928-9 with those witnessed by Professor Firth on his second visit to Tikopia in 1952. There is a specially written Epilogue on the final eclipse of the traditional ritual, based on a third visit by the author during the summer of 1966.