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Miért veszélyesek a parti vidrák? A tlingitek hiedelemvilága és történetei
Why are Land Otters Dangerous?

Author(s): Sándor András
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: Alaska; anthropology; beliefs; literature; Tlingit

Summary/Abstract: The author presents the history of the Alaskan Tlingit community in connection with his own novel set in Alaska, entitled Gyilkosság Alaszkában: Sherlock Holmes a tlingitek földjén (Death in Alaska: Sherlock Holmes on the Land of the Tlingit). As a novelist, the author was interested in the present-day situation of the Tlingit people, in connection with environmental and ownership issues, and also their relationship to Tlingit traditions. As a scholar, he based his research on the Tlingit beliefs on works by Frederica de Laguna, Franz Boas, Maurice Godelier and others.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 15-26
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Hungarian
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