{"product_id":"symbolic-immortality-the-tlingit-potlatch-of-the-nineteenth-century-second-edition-hardcover","title":"Symbolic Immortality: The Tlingit Potlatch of the Nineteenth Century, Second Edition - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSergei Kan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724391551039,"sku":"9780295995144","price":198.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9d9e7bce835ece235f90f3f90f1eeffa.webp?v=1765102498","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/symbolic-immortality-the-tlingit-potlatch-of-the-nineteenth-century-second-edition-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}