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It's shame that makes men and women enemiesarticle 2000 • Jamieson, Mark
Miskito • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central America
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 asym...Masks and madnessarticle 2001 • Jamieson, Mark
Miskito • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central America
The transition of persons from junior to more senior statuses has long constituted a important focus of anthropological inquiry, anthropologist mostly studying such changes in status through examination of rites of passage (p. 257). In this article J...