Malay Peasant Society in Jelebu

By M G Swift

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367716992
• ISBN13: 9780367716998
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"