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Tahitians: Mind and Experience in the Society Islands

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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

Language: English

Pages: 576

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Release: August 15, 1975

ISBN: 0226476073

ISBN 13: 9780226476070

Tahitians: Mind and Experience in the Society Islands

4/5 ( ratings)

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

Language: English

Pages: 576

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Release: August 15, 1975

ISBN: 0226476073

ISBN 13: 9780226476070

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