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UNINA9910797691203321 |
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Autore |
Kan Sergei |
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Titolo |
Symbolic Immortality : The Tlingit Potlatch of the Nineteenth Century, Second Edition / / Sergei Kan |
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Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , [2015] |
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©[2015] |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (417 p.) |
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Collana |
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Naomi B. Pascal Editor's Endowment |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Indians of North America - Funeral customs and rites - Northwest Coast of North America |
Potlatch - Northwest Coast of North America |
Tlingit Indians - Funeral customs and rites |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; SYMBOLIC IMMORTALITY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Tlingit Alphabet; Tlingit Technical Sound Chart; Map of Southeast Alaska, the Land of the Coastal Tlingits; Introduction; Chapter One. Outline of the Mortuary Rites; PART ONE. THE PERSON AND THE SOCIAL ORDER; Chapter Two. The "Outside" and the "Inside": The Tlingit View of the Human Being; Chapter Three. Shagóon and the Social Person: The Cultural Ideal; Chapter Four. The Aristocrat as the Ideal Person; PART TWO. THE FUNERAL |
Chapter Five. Cosmology, Eschatology, and the Nature of DeathChapter Six. The Deceased, the Mourners, and the Opposites: Actors in the Ritual Drama; Chapter Seven. Grief, Mourning, and the Politics of the Funeral; PART THREE. THE POTLATCH; Chapter Eight. The Potlatch as a Mortuary Ritual; Chapter Nine. Competition and Cooperation, Hierarchy and Equality; PART FOUR. DEATH IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA AND BEYOND; Chapter Ten. The Tlingit Mortuary Complex: A Comparative Perspective; Conclusion: The Tlingit Mortuary Complex and the Anthropology of Death; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; References |
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