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Recognized as a major work when first published, this title has, over the years, become a classic. Forming the basis of modern social anthropology, We the Tikiopia stands in the forefront of its literature.
The book is an excellent example of fieldwork analysis of a primitive society; a complete account of the working of a primitive kinship system; and an exhaustive and sophisticated study of Polynesian social institutions.
First published in 1936.
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INDEX
ABORTION, 414, 527–8
Adolescence, 468–9
Adoption : “ adhering child,” 203–6, 529 ; in Polynesia, 588–96
Adultery, 132, 566–71
Affinal kinship, 251–2, Ch. IX (v. alsotautau pariki)
Afu, 231–2, 372
Age factor, 309, 321
Albinism, 16–17
Ancestors, names, 87 ; offering to, 113 ; attitude on incest, 333–6 ; common to all clans, 364
Anuta, 20 n., 34, 295, 297, 349, 357
Aŋa feast, 437, 550, 555–6, 564
Aphrodisiac ritual, 523–4
Areca, 116, 241, 316, 382–3
Ariki, v. Chiefs Arofa, 164–5, 186, 245, 287, 288, 423, 446, 517
Atua, v. Religion, Totemism Austen, Leo, 479 n.
Authority, father and son, 178–9 ; in paito, 358 ; of chief, 379
Avoidance of mata paito, 77–8 ; of personal names, 135, 157, 182, 201–2, 208, 209, 307–11 ; between affinal kin, 307–24 ; theory, 322–4
BARK-CLOTH, 435, 441, 446–7, 556–7
Bathing,v. Washing
Best, Elsdon, 277 n., 339, 370 n., 505 n., 579 n.
Betel chewing, 313, 447(v. Areca)
Bibliography of comparative material, 282–3
Brachycephaly, 14–15
Breach of custom, 201, 308–9, 320
Brothers, relations between, 141, 179–82, 186–91, 230, 241, 260 ; song, 296, 303–7 ; and sisters, 191–8, 222–5, 298–9, 380(v. Incest) Brothers-in-law, 217, 245, 307–9, 319, 437(v. Cooks)
Burial, 77, 215, 219 ; of ancestors, 86–7
CANOES, 116, 145, 240–1, 470, 533, 561
Cats, 33
Census, 409, 600
Chiefs, 85, 189, 234, 259, 319, 349–50, 501, 537. 539, 540, 541–2, 544, 545, 550, 562, 565 ;fakaariki, 453 ; kinship with each other, Gen. VI, 363–4 ; and commoners, 357, 384, 395–6 ; and land tenure, 376–85 ; and wealth, 358–61
Ariki Kafika 47, 48, 135, 137, 173, 353, 360, 378 ; home life, 90–91, 207, 208 ; residence, 121 ; kin ties, 215 ; canoe repair, 116, 240–41
Ariki Tafua, 46, 47, 48, 58, 68, 74, 213, 218, 229–30, 353, 383, 491, 506 ; cooks to, 306 ; lands, 388, 397 ; in initiation, 429
Ariki Taumako, 44, 63, 245–6, 259, 261, 382, 533, 544
Children, behaviour, 316 ; position in household, 127, 178–80 ; treatment of young child, 110–12, 139–45, 244 ; gatherings of, 144–5 ; work of, 150 ; sentiment for parents, 169–72 ; obligations to parents, 176–86 ; as factor of linkage, 303–4 ; rites for, Ch. XIII ; sexuality, 473–4(v. Education)
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Volume Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Other Title
- Dedication
- Preface by Bronislaw Malinowski
- Contents
- Plates
- Diagrams
- Introduction
- Preface to Second Edition
- I. IN PRIMITIVE POLYNESIA
- II ADJUSTMENT TO CIVILIZATION
- III. VILLAGE LIFE
- IV. HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILY
- V. PERSONAL RELATIONS IN THE FAMILY CIRCLE
- VI. THE KIN OF FATHER AND MOTHER
- VII. THE LANGUAGE OF KINSHIP
- VIII. DIRGES FOR DEAD KIN
- IX. CO-OPERATION AND CONSTRAINT IN MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIPS
- X. “HOUSE” AND CLAN
- XI PRINCIPLES OF LAND TENURE
- XII. A MODERN POPULATION PROBLEM
- XIII. FIRING THE OVENS OF YOUTH
- XIV. SOCIOLOGY OF SEX
- XV. MARRIAGE BY CAPTURE
- XVI. KINSHIP AND SOCIAL STABILITY
- APPENDIX
- Index