Book
Tlingit women and town politics
Xerox University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Klein, Laura F. (Frances).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study, based on 18 months of fieldwork in Hoonah, a small town of 748 people in southeastern Alaska, is primarily an account of the participation of Tlingit men and women in the politics and economy of the town, with emphasis on gender equality and the factors thought to be responsible for its presence. As background to the study Klein presents information on the setting and history of Hoonah and the Tlingits living there, initial White contacts, and cultural changes in the town which have resulted in the present economic and political situation. Here again the focus is on the roles of men and women in bringing about these changes. In addition to its major focus on sex roles, this dissertation also provides much information on the traditional Tlingit culture (e.g., kinship, marriage, residence, subsistence, trade, and social structure), the modern economic system with its emphasis on commercial fishing and canning, matriliny, household and domestic life, and politics. A final summary chapter deals with power and sex roles.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Composition of population
- Fishing
- Marine industries
- Labor supply and employment
- Status, role, and prestige
- Gender status
- Regulation of marriage
- Clans
- Moieties
- Informal in-group justice
- Towns
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tlingit
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierele ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1971-1974 (18 months)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1971-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hoonah, southeastern Alaska, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Laura F. Klein
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- New York University
- UM 75-28,551
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-387)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tlingit Indians