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Becoming Tsimshian: The Social Life of Names

Becoming Tsimshian: The Social Life of Names

$30.00

ISBN: 9780295988078
Dewey: 971.1004974
LCC Number: E99
Author: Christopher Fritz Roth
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Pages: 282
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SKU: 9780295988078 Categories: All, Native American, Social Science Tags: Anthropology, British Columbia, Cultural & Social, Ethnic Studies, Etymology, General, History, Language Arts & Disciplines, Linguistics, Name, Names Tsimshian, Naming ceremonies, Native American Studies, Social life and customs, social-science, Tsimshian Indians, Tsimshian language
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This title examines the way in which names link members of a lineage to a past and to the places where that past unfolded. At traditional potlatch feasts| for example| collective social and symbolic behaviour ‘gives the person to the name’.

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Weight 0.93 lbs
Dimensions 8.9 × 5.98 × 0.72 in
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