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Symbolic immortality: The Tlingit potlatch of the nineteenth century

By Sergei A. Kan

Book information

Publisher
University of Washington Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780295995144, 9780295994895
LCC
E99 .T6 K34 2015
Open Library ID
OL27514084M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (22778804 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
xx+394\414
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2024-05-09 22:04:03

Description

Decades after its initial publication, Symbolic Immortality retains its status as the most comprehensive analysis of the mortuary practices of the Tlingit Indians of southeastern Alaska – or any other indigenous culture of the Northwest Coast. This updated and expanded edition furthers our understanding of the potlatch (ḵoo.éexʼ) as a total social phenomenon, with emotional and religious as well as economic and sociopolitical dimensions. The result is a major contribution to both Northwest Coast ethnology and theoretical literature on the anthropology of death.

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