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In 1974 he wrote a famous article, one of around a hundred published over the course of his career, defining and specifying a view of culture inspired by linguistics and Marxian thinking. He also wrote several books, and is perhaps best known among students of anthropology as the author of Cultural Anthropology: A Contemporary Perspective, regarded as one of the most authoritative general introductory works on the subject.Maranda, Pierre (1993)In Memoriam Roger M, Keesing (1935-1993) Journal de la Société des océanistes. Année 1993. Volume 97. Numéro 2. pp. 223-224http://www.persee.fr/doc/jso_0300-953x_1993_num_97_2_2939 Je signale, enre autres, son Cultural Anthropology : A Contemporary Perspective (1976, 2e édition 1981) qui a non seulement servi à former nombre d'étudiants de façon magistrale mais a aussi orienté une nouvelle réflexion sur l'anthropologie culturelle. This was based on a book originally authored by his father, and was extensively revised by Keesing over the course of many years, beginning with an updated edition of the original in 1971, and continuing with a full rewrite in 1976, revised further in 1981. Since Keesing's death this task was taken up by Andrew Strathern, and the book remains popular.
In 1989, Keesing worked closely with the author to translate Jonathan Fifi'i's autobiography, From Pig-Theft to Parliament: My Life between Two Worlds, which chronicled his life from his poor Kwaio origins through to the Maasina Ruru movement and onto his career as a politician.
Keesing died suddenly of a heart attack at the Canadian Anthropology Society dance and reception in 1993, and his ashes were transferred to the Solomon Islands, where the families of his Kwaio associates accord him the status of an andalo or ancestral spirit.
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