[PDF.43su] Becoming Tsimshian: The Social Life of Names

Becoming Tsimshian: The Social Life of Names

[PDF.bm44] Becoming Tsimshian: The Social Life of Names

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 | #1532075 in Books |  2008-08-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.90 x.72 x5.98l,.93 | File type: PDF | 296 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| To my fellow Tsimshian:|By Gavino|I am Tsimshian. Before reading this book, I was hungry for information about Tsimshian names, what they meant, how they were inherited, how new names can be created, and how they fit into Tsimshian and American society. This valuable text answered many of these questions, furthering my understanding of my people and our history. Mr. Roth lays o| |"Roth's work is an exemplar of both theory and ethnography that will rekindle the excitement and interest in this region, its society, and its culture. His book on Tsimshian names has a relevance for all anthropologists and scholars interested in contemporary

The Tsimshian people of coastal British Columbia use a system of hereditary name-titles in which names are treated as objects of inheritable wealth. Human agency and social status reside in names rather than in the individuals who hold these names, and the politics of succession associated with names and name-taking rituals have been, and continue to be, at the center of Tsimshian life.

Becoming Tsimshian examines the way in which names link members of a li...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Becoming Tsimshian: The Social Life of Names   |  Christopher F. Roth. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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