{"product_id":"symbolic-immortality-the-tlingit-potlatch-of-the-nineteenth-century-second-edition-9780295995144","title":"Symbolic Immortality: The Tlingit Potlatch of the Nineteenth Century, Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eDecades after its initial publication, \u003ci\u003eSymbolic Immortality\u003c\/i\u003e 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 understanding of the potlatch (\u003ci\u003ekoo.éex'\u003c\/i\u003e) as a total social phenomenon, with emotional and religious as well as economic and sociopolitical dimensions. The result is a major contribution to both Northwest Coast ethnology and theoretical literature on the anthropology of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sergei Kan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295995144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSergei Kan is professor of anthropology and Native American studies at Dartmouth College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMemory Eternal: Tlingit Culture and Russian Orthodox Christianity through Two Centuries\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Russian American Photographer in Tlingit Country: Vincent Soboleff in Alaska\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of \u003ci\u003eSharing Our Knowledge: The Tlingit and Their Coastal Neighbors\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40905206530163,"sku":"9.7803E+12","price":165.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_3538963e-4fd9-40db-a03b-33d078e88949.jpg?v=1690894268","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/symbolic-immortality-the-tlingit-potlatch-of-the-nineteenth-century-second-edition-9780295995144","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}