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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thornton, Thomas F., author.

Series:

Culture, place, and nature.

Culture, place, and nature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural property--Alaska.

Cultural property.

Names, Geographical--Social aspects--Alaska.

Names, Geographical.

Tlingit Indians--Social life and customs.

Tlingit Indians.

Alaska--Social life and customs.

Alaska.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 247 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : University of Washington Press, 2022.

Summary:

"In Being and Place among the Tlingit, place signifies a specific geographical location and 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. Thomas 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."--Jacket.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.