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Symbolic immortality
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- Book Synopsis
- 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 (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.
- About The Author
- Sergei Kan is professor of anthropology and Native American studies at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Memory Eternal: Tlingit Culture and Russian Orthodox Christianity through Two Centuries (University of Washington Press, 1999).
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780295994895
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press, (01 December 2015)
- Number of Pages
- 426
- Weight
- 590 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 x 28 mm
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