Tell your friends about this item:
Symbolic Immortality: The Tlingit Potlatch of the Nineteenth Century, Second Edition Kan, Sergei (Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies, Department of Anthropology) 2 New edition
Our customers say:
Also available as:
Symbolic Immortality: The Tlingit Potlatch of the Nineteenth Century, Second Edition
Kan, Sergei (Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies, Department of Anthropology)
Decades after its initial publication, Symbolic Immortality 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.
Commendation Quotes: "Symbolic Immortality" is a very thorough examination of the most important (in terms of both cultural significance and scholarly and popular interest) Native American ritual in the Pacific Northwest, the memorial potlatch. No other book probes the existing literature on the potlatch in such a constructively comprehensive, comparative, and critical way.... "Symbolic Immortality" has stood the test of time.... As the potlatch continues to serve a central function in Northwest Coast social life (even among non-Natives), this new edition..., with its insights into the contemporary potlatch, will likely become even more indispensable. Biographical Note: Sergei Kan is professor of anthropology and Native American studies at Dartmouth College. He is the author of "Memory Eternal: Tlingit Culture and Russian Orthodox Christianity through Two Centuries" and "A Russian American Photographer in Tlingit Country: Vincent Soboleff in Alaska," and editor of "Sharing Our Knowledge: The Tlingit and Their Coastal Neighbors."
Contributor Bio: Kan, Sergei Sergei Kan is author of several books on Tlingit and Russian culture, including "Memory Eternal: Tlingit Culture and Russian Orthodox Christianity through Two Centuries."
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 1, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780295994895 |
| Publishers | University of Washington Press |
| Genre | Ethnic Orientation > Native American |
| Pages | 416 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 153 × 28 mm · 594 g |
![Cover for Paul De Barros · Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle (Hardcover Book) [2 New edition] (2026)](https://imusic.b-cdn.net/images/item/original/243/9780295755243.jpg?paul-de-barros-2026-jackson-street-after-hours-the-roots-of-jazz-in-seattle-hardcover-book&class=scaled&v=1782132097)
