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Author Howe, James, 1944-

Title Chiefs, scribes, and ethnographers : Kuna culture from inside and out / James Howe
Edition First edition
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 342 pages) : illustrations, map
Series William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere
William & Bettye Nowlin series in art, history, and culture of the Western Hemisphere.
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject 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.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Cuna Indians -- Social life and customs
Ethnology -- Authorship
Indian anthropologists
Indians in literature
Participant observation
Public opinion
Panama
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780292793477
0292793472