Symbolic Immortality: The Tlingit Potlatch of the Nineteenth Century, Second Edition (Naomi B. Pascal Editor's Endowment)
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| Management number | 233637027 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | $13.25 | Model Number | 233637027 | ||
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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. Read more
| ASIN | B0159P21N4 |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-0295806280 |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Language | English |
| File size | 19.0 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | University of Washington Press |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 401 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | December 1, 2015 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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