Basso K.H. Portraits of the Whiteman. Linguistic play and cultural symbols among the Western Apache

Cambridge University Press, 1979. — 120 p. — ISBN: 0-521-22640-6.Drawing on current theory in symbolic anthropology and sociolinguistics, this interpretive essay investigates a complex form of joking based on material collected in a Western Apache community wherein Apaches stage carefully crafted imitations of Anglo-Americans.