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Portraits of "The Whiteman": Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols Among the Western Apache
by Basso, Keith H
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- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0521295939
- ISBN 13
- 9780521295932
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About This Item
Cambridge University Press, 1979, 1979. Soft cover. Near Fine. Octavo, softcover, one or two paragraphs highlighted else clean and unmarked. Foreword by Dell Hymes. 120 pp. 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'.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83653
- Title
- Portraits of "The Whiteman": Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols Among the Western Apache
- Author
- Basso, Keith H
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0521295939
- ISBN 13
- 9780521295932
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press, 1979
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Uk
- Date Published
- 1979
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