The Social Use of Metaphor
Essays on the Anthropology of Rhetoric
Published on 29. May 1977
Book
Hardback
249 pages
978-0-8122-7725-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
More details
Series
Edition
Reprint 2016 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Pennsylvania
United States
Product notice
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
553 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8122-7725-8 (9780812277258)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
J. David Sapir | J. Christopher Crocker
The Social Use of Metaphor
Essays on the Anthropology of Rhetoric
E-Book
11/2016
1st Edition
University of Pennsylvania Press
€220.99
Available for download
Persons
J. David Sapir, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Virginia, the author of numerous articles on African languages and symbolism, spent three and a half years in Senegal doing field work on the language, folklore, and religious symbolism of the Kujamaat Diola of the lower Casamance. J. Christopher Crocker was Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Virginia.