Portraits of 'The Whiteman': Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols Among the Western Apache by Keith H. Basso

Portraits of 'The Whiteman': Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols Among the Western Apache

Keith H. Basso

144 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

nonfiction challenging informative reflective fast-paced
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Drawing on current theory in symbolic anthropology and sociolinguistics, this interpretive essay investigates a complex form of joking based on material collected in a Western Apache community wherein Apaches stage carefully crafted imitations of ...

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