In Being and Place among the Tlingit, anthropologist Thomas F.
Thornton examines the concept of place in the language, social
structure, economy, and ritual of southeast Alaska's Tlingit
Indians. Place signifies not only a specific geographical location
but also reveals the ways in which individuals and social groups
define themselves. The notion of place consists of three dimensions
- space, time, and experience - which are culturally and
environmentally structured. Thornton examines each in detail to
show how individual and collective Tlingit notions of place, being,
and identity are formed. As he observes, despite cultural and
environmental changes over time, particularly in the post-contact
era since the late eighteenth century, Tlingits continue to bind
themselves and their culture to places and landscapes in
distinctive ways. He offers insight into how Tlingits in
particular, and humans in general, conceptualize their relationship
to the lands they inhabit, arguing for a study of place that
considers all aspects of human interaction with landscape. In
Tlingit, it is difficult even to introduce oneself without
referencing places in Lingit Aani (Tlingit Country). Geographic
references are embedded in personal names, clan names, house names,
and, most obviously, in k-waan names, which define regions of
dwelling. To say one is Sheet'ka K-waan defines one as a member of
the Tlingit community that inhabits Sheet'ka (Sitka). Being and
Place among the Tlingit makes a substantive contribution to the
literature on the Tlingit, the Northwest Coast cultural area,
Native American and indigenous studies, and to the growing social
scientific and humanistic literature on space, place, and
landscape.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Washington Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Culture, Place, and Nature |
| Release date: |
December 2007 |
| First published: |
November 2007 |
| Authors: |
Thomas F Thornton
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| Series editors: |
K. Sivaramakrishnan
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
280 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-295-98749-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
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| LSN: |
0-295-98749-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780295987491 |
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