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It's shame that makes men and women enemies: the politics of intimacy among the Miskitu of Kakabila
journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute • 6 (2) • Published In 2000 • Pages: 311-324
By: Jamieson, Mark.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article argues that 'joking' and 'respect' among the Miskitu of Kakabila in Eastern Nicaragua are best understood as diametrically opposed performance styles or registers which mediate both symmetry in same-sex relationships between men and asymmetry in two quite different cross-sex relationships. It concludes by arguing that 'shame' in Kakabila is an important technique for ensuring that these performance styles, 'joking' and 'respect', are appropriately enacted in the contexts of these relationships (p. 311).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drives and emotions
- Social relationships and groups
- Gender roles and issues
- Siblings-in-law
- Parents-in-law and children-in-law
- Alcoholic beverages
- Ethics
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Miskito
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1992-1993, 1997-1998
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1992-1998
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Village of Kakabila, Eastern Nicaragua
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mark Jamieson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-323)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95660943
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Miskito Indians