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Tsimshian Culture
Jay Miller
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Description for Tsimshian Culture
Paperback. The Tsimshians are a Northwest Coast Native people known for their dazzling works of art and rich array of traditions. This book presents a picture of the Tsimshian cultural universe, and argues that one of the reasons for its continuing vitality, is that its people are sensitive to different and creative ways of capturing and embodying light. Num Pages: 204 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
The Tsimshians are a Northwest Coast Native people known for their dazzling works of art and rich array of social, religious, and oral traditions that have captured the attention of scholars for over a century. Jay Miller brings together for the first time a wealth of material about the Tsimshians, presenting an unforgettable picture of their cultural universe. That universe is built around the metaphor of light, which was brought into the world by Raven; its refraction forms the chief social, religious, and symbolic institutions of Tsimshian culture. Family heraldic crests express light in one way, masks in another. Miller ... Read more
The Tsimshians are a Northwest Coast Native people known for their dazzling works of art and rich array of social, religious, and oral traditions that have captured the attention of scholars for over a century. Jay Miller brings together for the first time a wealth of material about the Tsimshians, presenting an unforgettable picture of their cultural universe. That universe is built around the metaphor of light, which was brought into the world by Raven; its refraction forms the chief social, religious, and symbolic institutions of Tsimshian culture. Family heraldic crests express light in one way, masks in another. Miller ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803282667
SKU
V9780803282667
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About Jay Miller
Jay Miller is the editor of Mourning Dove, A Salishan Autobiography (Nebraska 1991) and the author of Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey (Nebraska 1999).
Reviews for Tsimshian Culture
"a welcome addition to the literature on the Tsimshian poples of the northern British Columbia coast...This is a significant book and an important contribution to the field, and it will be valued for its innovative analysis of Tsimshian culture through the ages."
The British Columbian Quarterly Studies
The British Columbian Quarterly Studies