To make my name good : a reexamination of the southern Kwakiutl potlatch

Type

Book

Authors

Philip Drucker ( Drucker, Philip )

Robert F. Heizer ( Heizer, Robert F. )

Tags

British Columbia, Kwakiutl -- Social life and customs, Kwakiutl -- Rites and ceremonies, Kwakiutl, Indigenous peoples -- Rites and ceremonies, Potlatch, Kwakwaka'wakw -- Social life and customs, Kwakwaka'wakw -- Rites and ceremonies, Kwakwaka'wakw

Abstract

"A new interpretation of the ceremony using previously unpublished field data collected in 1937 and 1953."--WorldCat.org.

Description

160 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Biblio Notes

Contents:
Introduction --
Southern Kwakiutl society --
Influence of the historic period --
Changes in Potlatch procedures --
The question of the double return of the Potlatch gift --
Potlatch controls and other mechanisms --
The rivalries --
The rivalry gesture --
The verbalization of conflict in the Potlatch --
The mortuary Potlatch --
Conclusion.

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