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Publication details [#47450]

Basso, Keith H. 1979. Portraits of 'the Whiteman'. Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols among the Western Apache. Cambridge University Press. 144 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

anthropology | joke | language and culture | language play | sociolinguistics

Annotation

Using actual theory in symbolic anthropology and sociolinguistics, this essay examines a complex form of joking consisting of Apaches' imitations of Anglo-Americans.