Kwakiutl Ethnography

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*Kwakiutl Ethnography* is a foundational anthropological work by Franz Boas that provides an extensive, detailed study of the culture, language, and social life of the Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw) people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.

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instanceOf anthropological monograph
book
academicDiscipline anthropology
ethnology
associatedWith Boasian anthropology
historical particularism
author Franz Boas
contributor Franz Boas
documents Kwakiutl art and material objects
Kwakiutl clan and lineage structure
Kwakiutl economic practices
Kwakiutl house groups
Kwakiutl kinship system
Kwakiutl marriage customs
Kwakiutl naming practices
Kwakiutl oral literature
Kwakiutl potlatch ceremonies
Kwakiutl religious beliefs and rituals
Kwakiutl seasonal activities
Kwakiutl social stratification
ethnographicRegion Pacific coast of North America
surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast
field cultural anthropology
ethnography
linguistic anthropology
focusesOn Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
culture of the Kwakiutl
language of the Kwakiutl
social life of the Kwakiutl
genre ethnographic study
hasPart descriptions of Kwakiutl ceremonial life
descriptions of Kwakiutl material culture
descriptions of Kwakiutl mythology and narratives
descriptions of Kwakiutl social organization
linguistic data on Kwakiutl language
texts in the Kwakiutl language with translations
influenced 20th-century cultural anthropology
later studies of Northwest Coast cultures
languageOfWork English
mainSubject Kwakiutl people
Kwakiutl people
surface form: Kwakwaka'wakw people
notableFor detailed documentation of Kwakiutl culture
foundational contribution to Northwest Coast ethnography
integration of linguistic and cultural data
timePeriodDescribed early 20th century Kwakiutl society
late 19th century Kwakiutl society

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Franz Boas notableWork Kwakiutl Ethnography