Portraits of 'the Whiteman': Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols among the Western Apache
ISBN: 9780521295932 | 0521295939
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 8/31/1979
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'The Whiteman' is one of the most powerful and pervasive symbols in contemporary American Indian cultures. Portraits of 'the Whiteman': linguistic play and cultural symbols among the Western Apache investigates a complex form of joking in which Apaches stage carefully crafted imitations of Anglo-Americans and, by means of these characterizations, give audible voice and visible substance to their conceptions of this most pressing of social 'problems'. Keith Basso's essay, based on linguistic and ethnographic materials collected in Cibecue, a Wes... MORE
| Foreword | ix | ||||
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| Preface | xix | ||||
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| Appendix | 83 | (12) | |||
| Notes | 95 | (18) | |||
| References | 113 |
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