Popularity of the word - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on 12/20/2010 Great! What about the sources in the early 30s then? All anthropological? I still think a spike like that would have to do with a specific work...something akin to the popularity of Margaret Mead's writings. Unfortunately the term Tiki was not used in Samoa. Sorry I did not know about the magazines, all you mentioned above as source above was 12 million books. However, magazines are not really relevant, either: The media in general did NOT recognize Tiki style in its own time. if they noticed it at all, it was usually looked down on, and it also was not referred to as "Tiki style", or mentioned with any other use of the word. if dealt with at all, it was called Polynesian style, South Seas style, or in a few rare instances, Kon-Tiki style.

Great! What about the sources in the early 30s then? All anthropological? I still think a spike like that would have to do with a specific work...something akin to the popularity of Margaret Mead's writings. Unfortunately the term Tiki was not used in Samoa.

Sorry I did not know about the magazines, all you mentioned above as source above was 12 million books. However, magazines are not really relevant, either: The media in general did NOT recognize Tiki style in its own time. if they noticed it at all, it was usually looked down on, and it also was not referred to as "Tiki style", or mentioned with any other use of the word. if dealt with at all, it was called Polynesian style, South Seas style, or in a few rare instances, Kon-Tiki style.

Post #569542 by bigbrotiki on 12/20/2010