Symbolic immortality : the Tlingit Potlatch of the nineteenth century /

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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 understandi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kan, Sergei
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2015]
Edición:Second edition.
Temas:
Tlingit Indians > Funeral customs and rites.
Potlatch > Northwest Coast of North America.
Indians of North America > Funeral customs and rites > Northwest Coast of North America.
First Nations > Funeral customs and rites > Northwest Coast of North America.
Tlingit > Rites et cérémonies funéraires.
Potlatch > Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > Native American.
Indians of North America > Funeral customs and rites
Potlatch
Religionsethnologie
Ethnopsychologie
Politische Anthropologie
Ahnenkult
Totenkult
Eschatologie
Tlingit
Athapasken
Tsimshian
Sozialer Austausch
Theoriendynamik
North America > Northwest Coast of North America
Alaska
Kanada
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 Death
  • Chapter 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
  • Index.

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