An ethnographic contribution describing the beliefs and ideas associated with witchcraft as shared "knowledge" that the Apaches have about their universe. Uncovers the types of interpersonal relationships with which witchcraft accusations are regularly associated and posits explanations for these associations.
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About the Author:
Keith Basso is University Regents Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of Cibecue Apache; Portraits of the 'Whiteman': Linguistic Play and Cultural Symbols among the Western Apache; and other books and monographs dealing with aspects of the relationship between language and culture.
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- PublisherUniversity of Arizona Press
- Publication date1969
- ISBN 10 0816501424
- ISBN 13 9780816501427
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages80
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