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Lore and life: Cuna Indian pageants, exorcism, and diplomacy in the twentieth century
Ethnohistory • 30 (1,2,3,4) • Published In 1983 • Pages: 93-106
By: Moore, Alexander.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The San Blas Cuna Indians of Panama are modernizing yet culturally nativist. This article examines both a pageant re-enacting the revolt of 1925 and the traditional rite of exorcism against the ethnohistory of the role of exorcists and seers populating San Blas and creating tribal institutions. The strategy of the 1925 revolt seems to be a transformation of the ritual strategy of the role of exorcism; itself a ritual expression of sixteenth century strategies for dealing with the Spanish. Life and lore here interact productively (p. 93).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Spectacles
- Revolution
- Magic
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kuna
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- 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 ; 1996
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1977
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1977
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- San Blas Coast and Islands, Panama
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Alexander Moore
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 105)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 57043343
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cuna Indians