Basso, Keith H.

Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache

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ISBN 13:
9780826317247
author:
Basso, Keith H.
format:
Paperback
publisher:
University of New Mexico Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
1996
Pages:
191
Dimensions:
14.99 x 1.52 x 22.61 centimetres
Genre:
Anthropology
Condition:
New
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Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache explores the significance of places in the culture of the Western Apache people. Through his fieldwork over thirty years, Keith Basso shares his insights into Apache place-names and their meaning to the community. Apache conceptions of wisdom, manners, and morals are deeply intertwined with place, and by examining these concepts, Basso expands our understanding of what place can mean to people. This book offers a unique perspective on the relationship between language, landscape, and culture, revealing the sacred and indivisible nature of words and place. By delving into the world of Western Apache place-names, Basso lifts a veil on the most elemental poetry of human experience - the naming of the world.

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