The Social Use of Metaphor : Essays on the Anthropology of Rhetoric / J. Christopher Crocker, J. David Sapir.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crocker, J. Christopher, Editor.

Sapir, J. David, Editor.

American Anthropological Association.

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphor.

Symbolism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Through the use of language, as symbolic action, man attempts to control his social, natural, and supernatural environments. In this book J. David Sapir, J. Christopher Crocker, and their fellow contributors investigate the nature of metaphor and related symbolic forms as a means of coming to terms with the world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. The Anatomy of Metaphor

Chapter 2. The Social Functions of Rhetorical Forms

Introduction

Chapter 3. Saying Haya Sayings: Two Categories of Proverb Use

Chapter 4. The Performance of Ritual Metaphors

Chapter 5. Carrying the Village: Cuna Political Metaphors

Chapter 6. My Brother the Parrot

Chapter 7. The Fabricated Child

Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Notes:

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781512806632

1512806633

OCLC:

979911569