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Struggle over meanings: reconstruction of indigenous mythology, cultural identity, and social representation
Ethnohistory • 45 (1) • Published In 1998 • Pages: 31-63
By: Nygren, Anja.
Abstract
This work is an analysis of a reconstructed mythological tradition as it relates to cultural identity and social representation among the Bribri Indians of Costa Rica during the twentieth century. Nygren describes how the central imagery of Bribri mythology changes its emphasis from the social relationship between different clans in the society to that of the social inequalities between Europeans and Indians. This transformation in the mythological imagery forms an important part of the struggle of the Bribri to deal with the traumatic experiences of domination and to deconstruct the hegemonic version of history and power.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central America
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2012
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1890-1997
- Coverage Place
- Bribri people, southern Costa Rica
- Notes
- Anja Nygren
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-63)
- LCCN
- 57043343
- LCSH
- Talamanca Indians