Book
Tlingit women and town politics
Xerox University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Klein, Laura F. (Frances).
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1997
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierele ; 1988
- Field Date
- 1971-1974 (18 months)
- Coverage Date
- 1971-1974
- Coverage Place
- Hoonah, southeastern Alaska, United States
- Notes
- by Laura F. Klein
- UM 75-28,551
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-387)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- New York University
- LCSH
- Tlingit Indians