To make my name good : a reexamination of the southern Kwakiutl potlatch /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Drucker, Philip, 1911-1982 (Author), Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1915-1979 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley ; Los Angeles : University of California Press, [2021]
Series:UC Press voices revived.
Subjects:
Potlatch.
Kwakiutl Indians > Social life and customs.
Indians of North America > Social life and customs.
Kwakiutl > Mœurs et coutumes.
potlaches.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies
Indians of North America > Social life and customs
Kwakiutl Indians > Social life and customs
Potlatch
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Southern Kwakiutl society
  • Influences of the historic period
  • Changes in potlatch procedures
  • The question of the double return of the potlatch gift
  • Potlatch controls and other mechanisms
  • The rivalries
  • The rivalry game
  • The verbalization of the conflict in the potlatch
  • The mortuary potlatch.

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