Plants and Animals in the Life of the Kuna /

Plants and Animals in the Life of the Kuna / / Valerio Núñez, Heraclio Herrera, Jorge Ventocilla; ed. by Hans Roeder.

"The earth is the mother of all things"; thus begins this original and accessible book on how the Kuna of Panama relate to the natural world. An integrative project involving Kuna traditional leaders and trained scholars, and fully illustrated by a Kuna artist, this translation of Plantas...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
VerfasserIn:
Ventocilla, Jorge,
Herrera, Heraclio,
Núñez, Valerio,
MitwirkendeR:
Chapin, Mac,
Guerrero, Enrique,
Herrera, Heraclio,
Howe, James,
López, Carlos,
Núñez, Valerio,
Paredes, Rutilio,
Torres, Elvira,
Turpana, Arysteides,
Ventocilla, Jorge,
TeilnehmendeR:
Howe, James.
King, Elisabeth.
HerausgeberIn:
Roeder, Hans,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1995
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (168 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Baba's Creation
  • 2. Ready to Change?
  • 3. The Kuna
  • 4. Rivers and Mountains
  • 5. Terrestrial Fauna
  • 6. Hunting in Gangandi
  • 7. Money Creates Hunger
  • 8. Submarine "Deforestation
  • 9. The Spirit of the Uaga
  • 10. Medicinal Plants
  • 11. The Ueruk Palm
  • 12. To Be or Not to Be
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A. Scientific and Vernacular Names of Plants and Animals
  • Appendix B. Kuna Communities
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Authors
  • Index

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