LEADER 04029nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910791292903321 005 20230207232613.0 010 $a0-292-79347-2 024 7 $a10.7560/721104 035 $a(CKB)2560000000007574 035 $a(OCoLC)501014401 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10340890 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000335717 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11254986 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335717 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10278072 035 $a(PQKB)10367883 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443436 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2288 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443436 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10340890 035 $a(DE-B1597)587932 035 $a(OCoLC)1280943711 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292793477 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000007574 100 $a20090331d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChiefs, scribes, and ethnographers$b[electronic resource] $eKuna culture from inside and out /$fJames Howe 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (361 p.) 225 1 $aThe William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-72110-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aThe Kuna of Panama, today one of the best known indigenous peoples of Latin America, moved over the course of the twentieth century from orality and isolation towards literacy and an active engagement with the nation and the world. Recognizing the fascination their culture has held for many outsiders, Kuna intellectuals and villagers have collaborated actively with foreign anthropologists to counter anti-Indian prejudice with positive accounts of their people, thus becoming the agents as well as subjects of ethnography. One team of chiefs and secretaries, in particular, independently produced a series of historical and cultural texts, later published in Sweden, that today still constitute the foundation of Kuna ethnography. As a study of the political uses of literacy, of western representation and indigenous counter-representation, and of the ambivalent inter-cultural dialogue at the heart of ethnography, Chiefs, Scribes, and Ethnographers addresses key issues in contemporary anthropology. It is the story of an extended ethnographic encounter, one involving hundreds of active participants on both sides and continuing today. 410 0$aWilliam & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere. 606 $aCuna Indians$xHistoriography 606 $aCuna Indians$xPublic opinion 606 $aCuna Indians$xSocial life and customs 606 $aEthnology$zPanama$xAuthorship 606 $aIndians in literature 606 $aIndian anthropologists$zPanama 606 $aParticipant observation$zPanama 606 $aPublic opinion$zPanama 615 0$aCuna Indians$xHistoriography. 615 0$aCuna Indians$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aCuna Indians$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aEthnology$xAuthorship. 615 0$aIndians in literature. 615 0$aIndian anthropologists 615 0$aParticipant observation 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a305.897/83 700 $aHowe$b James$f1944-$01552466 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791292903321 996 $aChiefs, scribes, and ethnographers$93812354 997 $aUNINA