book chapter
Being Cuna and female: ethnicity mediating change in sex roles
Sex roles and social change in native lower Central American societies • Urbana • Published In 1982 • Pages: 103-123
By: Swain, Margaret Byrne.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a study of socio-cultural change among the San Blas Kuna of Ailigandi, Panama. The focus of the work is on how modern innovations -- the establishment of a Baptist hospital and mission school, a public water system, better educational opportunities, and increased contact with non-Kuna ideas -- have brought about substantial changes in sex roles within the society. In addition to the above factors influencing change, Swain also discusses the impact of ethnicity on Kuna female roles, analyzes Ailigandi student aspirations, and presents several life histories which emphasize the importance of community consensus in defining the range of roles considered acceptable for Ailigandi women (pp. 104-105).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Division of labor by gender
- Gender status
- 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 chapter
- 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; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ailigandi, San Blas Coast and Islands, Panama
- NotesAdditional notes
- Margaret Byrne Swain
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 123)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80027814
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cuna Indians