The Samoan Dance of Life - An Anthropological Narrative (Hardcover, New edition)

The story of how this material was secured was-for me- more interesting than the material itself. The author, knowing Samoan life as a visitor and scientist would know it, worked closely with a Samoan youth of unusual mental quickness to secure an authentic picture of the daily round of life of a boy growing up. At each point, his native collaborator checked the progress of his story, corrected not only facts, but interpretation and expression. The finished story reads like a somewhat halting but almost poetic rendition of the years in the life of a chief's son, his games, his playmates, his schooling, his love life, finally his marriage, parenthood, and achievement of man's estate. Of value chiefly to students of anthropology. (Kirkus Reviews)

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1984
First published:	April 1984
Authors:	John Dixon Copp
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	176
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-24244-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
LSN:	0-313-24244-5
Barcode:	9780313242441

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