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.

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 associate professor of anthropology at Portland State University in Oregon.

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