Abstract
When Western Apaches stage joking imitations of Anglo-Americans, they portray them as gross incompetents in the conduct of social relations. Judged according to Apache standards for what is normal and 'right,' the joker's actions are intended to seem extremely peculiar and altogether 'wrong' (Basso 1979, p. 48). This paper describes how sociology teachers can use descriptions of such joking episodes in their classes. Among Western Apaches on the Fort Apache reservation in Arizona, a man occasionally pretends jokingly to be a whiteman and acts as such, to the great amusement of other Apaches. These episodes have been studied by anthropologist Keith Basso (1979), whose ethnography is a treasure trove of resources for teachers of
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