An edition of Symbolic immortality (1989)
Symbolic immortality
the Tlingit potlatch of the nineteenth century
By Sergei Kan
Publish Date
1989
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Press
Language
eng
Pages
416
Description:
This study of the potlatch or memorial feast of the Tlingit Indian peoples of southeast Alaska gives a detailed account of the anthropology of death and ritual in this region in the nineteenth century.
subjects: Potlatch, Funeral customs and rites, Tlingit Indians, Indians of North America, Indians of north america, social life and customs, History, philosophy, Religionsethnologie, Ethnopsychologie, Politische Anthropologie, Ahnenkult, Totenkult, Eschatologie, Tlingit, Athapasken, Tsimshian, Sozialer Austausch, Theoriendynamik
Places: Northwest Coast of North America