Tahitians

Tahitians
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 575
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ISBN-10 : 9780226476070
ISBN-13 : 0226476073
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Book Synopsis Tahitians by : Robert I. Levy

Download or read book Tahitians written by Robert I. Levy and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1975-08-15 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This seminal work in several fields—person-centered anthropology, comparative psychology, and social history—documents the inner life of the Tahitians with sensitivity and insight. At the same time Levy reveals the ways in which private and public worlds interact. Tahitians is an ethnography focused on private but culturally organized behavior resulting in a wealth of material for the understanding of the interaction among historical, cultural, and personal spheres. "This is a unique addition to anthropological literature. . . . No review could substitute for reading it."—Margaret Mead, American Anthropologist


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