false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179075114m/871243.jpg 871243 2 This remarkable book introduces us to four unforgettable Apache people, each of whom offers a different take on the significance of places in their culture. Apache conceptions of wisdom, manners and morals, and of their own history are inextricably intertwined with place, and by allowing us to overhear his conversations with Apaches on these subjects Basso expands our awareness of what place can mean to people.<p>Most of us use the term <i>sense of place</i> often and rather carelessly when we think of nature or home or literature. Our senses of place, however, come not only from our individual experiences but also from our cultures. <i>Wisdom Sits in Places</i>, the first sustained study of places and place-names by an anthropologist, explores place, places, and what they mean to a particular group of people, the Western Apache in Arizona. For more than thirty years, Keith Basso has been doing fieldwork among the Western Apache, and now he shares with us what he has learned of Apache place-names&#151;where they come from and what they mean to Apaches.<p>"This is indeed a brilliant exposition of landscape and language in the world of the Western Apache. But it is more than that. Keith Basso gives us to understand something about the sacred and indivisible nature of words and place. And this is a universal equation, a balance in the universe. Place may be the first of all concepts; it may be the oldest of all words."&#151;N. Scott Momaday <p>"In <i>Wisdom Sits in Places</i> Keith Basso lifts a veil on the most elemental poetry of human experience, which is the naming of the world. In so doing he invests his scholarship with that rarest of scholarly qualities: a sense of spiritual exploration. Through his clear eyes we glimpse the spirit of a remarkable people and their land, and when we look away, we see our own world afresh."&#151;William deBuys<p>"A very exciting book&#151;authoritative, fully informed, extremely thoughtful, and also engagingly written and a joy to read. Guiding us vividly among the landscapes and related story-tellings of the Western Apache, Basso explores in a highly readable way the role of language in the complex but compelling theme of a people's attachment to place. An important book by an eminent scholar."&#151;Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.<br/><br/>Explores the connections of place, language, wisdom, and morality among the Western Apache. 856612 1 8 1996 Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache total:125|5:48|4:45|3:27|2:5|1:0| 125 511 174 19 5 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:43:45 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 02:04:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 10:13:33 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 10:15:40 -0700 2008 Wisdom Sits in Places is the name of a remarkable little book of linguistic ethnography about "landscape and language among the Western Apache." Written by rancher and professor Keith H. Basso, who had spent decades working with this group of Apache before composing this opus, the book is ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 27 14:48:51 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 14:50:46 -0700 2009
Basso does a fairly good job of using respectful language, but...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 02:11:36 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 02:15:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jun 10 11:34:59 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 11:34:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 22 20:59:12 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 20:59:12 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Dec 08 19:42:36 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 19:43:22 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 10:12:16 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 14:20:37 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 10:12:16 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 20 00:18:37 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 15:02:00 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 12:41:14 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 22:40:11 -0700 2009
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I haven't done so, yet. But if you get to it, tell me how it is. I don't want to pass up the advice of someone for whom I have so much respect and admiration.]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 07 11:28:28 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 11:33:10 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jul 18 22:13:10 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 22:14:31 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Tue Jan 29 13:06:10 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 06:48:52 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jul 09 06:07:03 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 06:07:26 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 03:37:53 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 03:37:53 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=871243