Portraits of 'the whiteman': linguistic play and cultural symbols among the western apache
Auteur :
Basso, Keith H.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521295932
Date de publication :
31 août 1979
Dimensions :
21,3 x 13,7 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
180 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
'The Whiteman' is one of the most powerful and pervasive symbols in contemporary American Indian cultures. This book investigates a complex form of joking in which Apaches stage carefully crafted imitations of Anglo-Americans and, by means of these characterizations, give substance to their conceptions of this most pressing of social 'problems'.