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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457545403321

Autore

Thornton Thomas F

Titolo

Being and place among the Tlingit [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas F. Thornton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press

Juneau [Alaska], : In association with Sealaska Heritage Institute, c2008

ISBN

0-295-80040-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Culture, place, and nature

Disciplina

305.897/270798

Soggetti

Tlingit Indians - Social life and customs

Names, Geographical - Social aspects - Alaska

Cultural property - Alaska

Geographical perception - Alaska

Electronic books.

Alaska Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Place and Tlingit senses of being -- Know your place : the social organization of geographic knowledge -- What's in a name? : place and cognition -- Production and place : "it was easy for me to put up fish there" -- Ritual as emplacement : the potlatch / ku.eex' -- Conclusion: Toward an anthropology of place.