The Tsimshian : images of the past, views from the present
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0774801794
ISBN 13
9780774801799
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1984
Publisher
Pages
343
Subject
Tsimshian -- Social life and customs
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Abstract
"Collection of papers which examine the ethnohistory, traditional social organization, world view and shamanism and material culture of the Tsimshian people of northwestern British Columbia" -- WorldCat.org
Description
xx. 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Biblio Notes
Contents:
PART 1. RECENT TSIMSHIAN ETHNOHISTORY:
-1. Campbell, Ken; Hartley Bay, British Columbia: A History.
-2. Miller, Jay; Feasting with the Southern Tsimshian.
-3. McDonald, James A.; Images of the nineteenth-century economy of the Tsimshian.
PART 2.RECONSTRUCTED SOCIAL ORGANIZATION:
-4. Halpin, Marjorie; Feast Names at Hartley Bay.
-5. MacDonald, George; The Epic of Nekt: The Archaeology of Metaphor.
-6. Dunn, John Asher; International Matri-moieties: The North Maritime Province of the North Pacific Coast.
-7. Seguin, Margaret; Lest There Be No Salmon: Symbols in Traditional Tsimshian Potlatch.
PART 3: WORLD VIEW AND SHAMANISM:
-8. Guedon, Marie-Françoise; An introduction to Tsimshian world view
-9. Shane, Audrey; Power in Their Hands: The Gitsontk.
-10. Guedon, Marie-Françoise; Tsimshian Shamanic Images.
PART 4: MATERIAL CULTURE:
-11. Laforet, Andrea; Tsimshian Basketry.
-12. Halpin, Marjorie; 'Seeing' in Stone: Tsimshian masking and the Twin Stone Masks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART 1. RECENT TSIMSHIAN ETHNOHISTORY:
-1. Campbell, Ken; Hartley Bay, British Columbia: A History.
-2. Miller, Jay; Feasting with the Southern Tsimshian.
-3. McDonald, James A.; Images of the nineteenth-century economy of the Tsimshian.
PART 2.RECONSTRUCTED SOCIAL ORGANIZATION:
-4. Halpin, Marjorie; Feast Names at Hartley Bay.
-5. MacDonald, George; The Epic of Nekt: The Archaeology of Metaphor.
-6. Dunn, John Asher; International Matri-moieties: The North Maritime Province of the North Pacific Coast.
-7. Seguin, Margaret; Lest There Be No Salmon: Symbols in Traditional Tsimshian Potlatch.
PART 3: WORLD VIEW AND SHAMANISM:
-8. Guedon, Marie-Françoise; An introduction to Tsimshian world view
-9. Shane, Audrey; Power in Their Hands: The Gitsontk.
-10. Guedon, Marie-Françoise; Tsimshian Shamanic Images.
PART 4: MATERIAL CULTURE:
-11. Laforet, Andrea; Tsimshian Basketry.
-12. Halpin, Marjorie; 'Seeing' in Stone: Tsimshian masking and the Twin Stone Masks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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