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The phantom gringo boat : shamanic discourse and development in Panama
- Title
- The phantom gringo boat : shamanic discourse and development in Panama / Stephanie C. Kane.
- Author
- Kane, Stephanie C.
- Publication
- Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1994], ©1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | F2270.2.E43 K36 1994 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxv, 241 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry
- Uniform Title
- Smithsonian series in ethnographic inquiry.
- Subjects
- Embera Indians > Government relations
- Rural development > Panama > Darien (Province)
- Darien (Panama : Province) > Social conditions
- Embera Indians > Politics and government
- Embera Indians > Social conditions
- Darien (Panama : Province) > Politics and government
- Human ecology > Political aspects > Panama > Darien (Province)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Contours of Social Space -- 2. Authentic Discontinuities -- 3. Transformation and Taboo (Burning Forests) -- 4. The Absent Patriarch -- 5. Techno-Magic (Canoe Construction) -- 6. Misfortune's Hat -- 7. Scale of Sentient Beings (Political Economy of Race and Gender) -- 8. Shaman's Song -- 9. Cosmo-Snake and the Nation-State.
- ISBN
- 1560983612 (alk. paper)
- 1560983604 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 93045976
- OCLC
- 29521528
- ocm29521528
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries