An Ethnography of the Cholos of Northern Cocle Province, Panama
by
Nina K. Müller-Schwarze
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
People living in northern Coclé province, Panama, are proud to be independent. Hereditary leaders make decisions in consensus, a practice understood as continuous from pre–Columbian times. The term cholo, derogatory in some contexts, is valid here to discuss self-determination. Victoriano Lorenzo...