04029nam 2200769Ia 450 991079129290332120230207232613.00-292-79347-210.7560/721104(CKB)2560000000007574(OCoLC)501014401(CaPaEBR)ebrary10340890(SSID)ssj0000335717(PQKBManifestationID)11254986(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335717(PQKBWorkID)10278072(PQKB)10367883(MiAaPQ)EBC3443436(MdBmJHUP)muse2288(Au-PeEL)EBL3443436(CaPaEBR)ebr10340890(DE-B1597)587932(OCoLC)1280943711(DE-B1597)9780292793477(EXLCZ)99256000000000757420090331d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrChiefs, scribes, and ethnographers[electronic resource] Kuna culture from inside and out /James Howe1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press20091 online resource (361 p.) The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western HemisphereBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-72110-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.The Kuna of Panama, today one of the best known indigenous peoples of Latin America, moved over the course of the twentieth century from orality and isolation towards literacy and an active engagement with the nation and the world. Recognizing the fascination their culture has held for many outsiders, Kuna intellectuals and villagers have collaborated actively with foreign anthropologists to counter anti-Indian prejudice with positive accounts of their people, thus becoming the agents as well as subjects of ethnography. One team of chiefs and secretaries, in particular, independently produced a series of historical and cultural texts, later published in Sweden, that today still constitute the foundation of Kuna ethnography. As a study of the political uses of literacy, of western representation and indigenous counter-representation, and of the ambivalent inter-cultural dialogue at the heart of ethnography, Chiefs, Scribes, and Ethnographers addresses key issues in contemporary anthropology. It is the story of an extended ethnographic encounter, one involving hundreds of active participants on both sides and continuing today.William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere.Cuna IndiansHistoriographyCuna IndiansPublic opinionCuna IndiansSocial life and customsEthnologyPanamaAuthorshipIndians in literatureIndian anthropologistsPanamaParticipant observationPanamaPublic opinionPanamaCuna IndiansHistoriography.Cuna IndiansPublic opinion.Cuna IndiansSocial life and customs.EthnologyAuthorship.Indians in literature.Indian anthropologistsParticipant observationPublic opinion305.897/83Howe James1944-1552466MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791292903321Chiefs, scribes, and ethnographers3812354UNINA