Symbolic Immortality: The Tlingit Potlatch of the Nineteenth Century, Second Edition

by Sergei Kan

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0295994894

ISBN13:9780295994895

Release Date:September 2015

Publisher:University of Washington Press

Length:416 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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