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Being and place among the Tlingit / Thomas F. Thornton.

Author/creator Thornton, Thomas F.
Other author/creatorSealaska Heritage Institute.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoSeattle : University of Washington Press ; Juneau [Alaska] : In association with Sealaska Heritage Institute, ©2008.
Descriptionxv, 247 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Culture, place, and nature
Culture, place, and nature. ^A595334
Contents Introduction: Place and Tlingit senses of being -- Know your place : the social organization of geographic knowledge -- What's in a name? : place and cognition -- Production and place : "it was easy for me to put up fish there" -- Ritual as emplacement : the potlatch / ku.éex' -- Conclusion: Toward an anthropology of place.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 217-236) and index.
LCCN 2007023887
ISBN9780295987491 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0295987499 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E 99.T6 T55 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold