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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458315603321

Autore

Howe James <1944->

Titolo

Chiefs, scribes, and ethnographers [[electronic resource] ] : Kuna culture from inside and out / / James Howe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2009

ISBN

0-292-79347-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Collana

The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere

Disciplina

305.897/83

Soggetti

Cuna Indians - Historiography

Cuna Indians - Public opinion

Cuna Indians - Social life and customs

Ethnology - Panama - Authorship

Indians in literature

Indian anthropologists - Panama

Participant observation - Panama

Public opinion - Panama

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Literacy, representation, and ethnography -- A flock of birds : the coming of schools and literacy -- Letters of complaint -- Representation and reply -- North American friends -- The Swedish partnership -- Collaborative ethnography -- Post-rebellion ethnography, 1925-1950 -- The ethnographic boom, 1950- -- Native ethnography -- Chapin's lament.