Thornton, Thomas F.

Being and place among the Tlingit / Thomas F. Thornton. - Seattle : Juneau [Alaska] : University of Washington Press ; In association with Sealaska Heritage Institute, c2008. - xv, 247 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Culture, place, and nature .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-236) and index.

Introduction: Place and Tlingit senses of being -- Know your place : the social organization of geographic knowledge -- What's in a name? : place and cognition -- Production and place : "it was easy for me to put up fish there" -- Ritual as emplacement : the potlatch / ku.éex' -- Conclusion: Toward an anthropology of place.

9780295987491 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Tlingit Indians--Social life and customs.
Names, Geographical--Social aspects--Alaska.
Cultural property--Alaska.
Geographical perception--Alaska.


Alaska--Social life and customs.

305.89727 THO