Symbolic Immortality: The Tlingit Potlatch Of The Nineteenth Century, Second Edition (naomi B. Pascal Editor's Endowment)
by Sergei Kan /
2016 / English / EPUB
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Decades after its initial publication,
Decades after its initial publication,Symbolic Immortality
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
(
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
(koo.éex'
koo.éex') 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.
) 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.
