TY - BOOK AU - Crocker,J.Christopher AU - Sapir,J.David TI - The Social Use of Metaphor: Essays on the Anthropology of Rhetoric SN - 9780812277258 AV - PN228.M4 U1 - 301.2/1 PY - 2016///] CY - Philadelphia : PB - University of Pennsylvania Press, KW - Metaphor KW - Symbolism KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512806632 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781512806632 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781512806632.jpg ER -