Book
The Kuna gathering: contemporary village politics in Panama
University of Texas Press • (67) • Published In 1986 • Pages: xvi, 326
By: Howe, James.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book presents and analyzes the village political system centered on the Cuna gathering, an assembly of villagers to discuss important affairs concerning the community. 'Throughout the book, emphasis falls on collective goals, policies, and decisions, on the ways in which political actors attempt to shape those outputs, and on the processes through which they do so' (p. 30). Howe discusses in detail the two forms of village gatherings, one sacred and chanted, and the other secular and spoken. The latter of these two, the talking gathering, is the primary political arena. Other topics biven extensive coverage in this document are chieftainship, the role of symbol in politics, public office, public works, adjudication processes, and conflict and fission in the community.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Status, role, and prestige
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Community councils
- Local officials
- 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
- Book
- 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
- 1970-1981
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1980
- 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 James Howe
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-306) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85015048
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cuna Indians