TASCHEN's Book of Tiki provided the blueprint for the re-appreciation and revival of Tiki style.Almost completely wiped from the consciousness of Americans until recently,Sven Kirsten's tome put Tiki on the map as a unique pop culture phenomenon.Never before had Tiki culture's visual power and pervasiveness been revealed with such detail and insight.Not only did the book inspire the erecting of many new Tiki bars from New York to London to Berlin to Prague to Waikiki,but also motivated a myriad of Tiki artisans to pick up the chisel and carry on the forgotten tradition,while spurring many others to create their own home hideaways,making "Tiki" a household name again.

Introduction

PART 1 THE EVOLUTION OF TIKE MODERN

 Primitivism in the Modern World

 Artists and Models

 What Modern was

 The Loss of Ritual and its Re-Creation for Recreation

 Polynesian Pop：Paradise Pretended,Paradise Regained

 The Emergence of the Tiki Icon

 The Tiki and its Temples

 A-Frames,Tailfins,and the Jet Age

 Sexy Tiki：The Beauty and the Beast

 Where the Wild Things Are：The History and Meaning of the Leopard Print

PART 2 WITCO: TIKE MODERN EXEMPLIFIED

 William Westenhaver：Wizard of Wood

 The Contemporary Idol

 Witco Modern

 Do-It-Yourself Tiki

 Travel to Exotic Places…in Ybur own Basement

 Witco Temples Past and Present

 Florida Island Escapes

 The Decline of Tiki and the Fall of the House of Witco

 The Legacy of Witco and the Tiki Revival

PART 3 TRANSLATIONS

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