Most simply, this monograph is an anthropological study of death…. There is a beauty and rhythm to the Tlingit mortuary complex which makes compelling reading. The book is a welcome addition to the literature on the Northwest Coast, ritual exchange, ethnopsychology, and mortuary practices, and deserves a wide and lasting audience. What is more, Kan is the first to make such extensive use of archival and ethnohistorical sources to present as complete as possible a picture of the nineteenth-century Tlingit potlatch…. Kan’s presentation of rich and complex data on many aspects of the Tlingit mortuary attests to his sensitivity as a fieldworker (and to the perhaps surprising strength of Tlingit tradition). Kan’s work must be recommended for its innovative approaches to the study of the Tlingit and the study of their mortuary rites, which provide much food for thought for comparison with other societies. ![]() Kan’s work is a welcome addition to … literature on the potlatch, and provides fresh insights into traditional Tlingit culture as it survived into the nineteenth century through the window of mortuary rites…. This book will become one of the few classics in the literature of the North Pacific Coast. ![]() ![]() PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION WINNER OF THE BEFORE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION’S AMERICAN BOOK AWARDĪ sensitive and comprehensive study of the mortuary complex among the Tlingit Indians of southeastern Alaska….
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