Thomas F Thornton

Being and Place Among the Tlingit

Herausgeber: Sivaramakrishnan, K.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Thomas F. Thornton is associate professor of anthropology at Portland State University in Oregon.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 160mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780295987491
• ISBN-10: 0295987499
• Artikelnr.: 22838102

Autorenporträt

Thomas F. Thornton is dean of arts and sciences and vice provost for research and sponsored programs at the University of Alaska Southeast. He is the author of Being and Place among the Tlingit (University of Washington Press, 2015) and other books on Alaska Native culture and environmental anthropology.

Inhaltsangabe

Tlingit Spelling and Pronunciation Guide
Preface
1. Introduction: Place and Tlingit Senses of Being
2. Know Your Place: The Social Organization of Geographic Knowledge
3. What's in a Name? Place and Cognition
4. Production and Place: "It was easy for me to put up fish there"
5. Ritual as Emplacement: The Potlatch / Ku.eex'
6. Conclusion: Toward an Anthropology of Place
Appendix: Tlingit Resources with Seasonality
Notes
Bibliography
Index