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Miskitu People of Awastara

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ISBN-10: 0292702817

ISBN-13: 9780292702813

Edition: 2004

Authors: Philip A. Dennis

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Description:

Returning to the northeastern coast of Nicaragua twenty years after his first visit, the author resumes friendships with members of the Miskitu community and continues his ethnographic work. He describes food habits, language, health practices, religious beliefs and storytelling, inviting the reader to experience life in Awastara.
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 8/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Who Are the Miskitu People?
The Village of Awastara
Life in Victor and Plora's Family
Food and the Search for Upan
Turtle Fishermen and Others
Working in the Plantations
School Days
Miskitu Christianity
Health and Curing
Public Affairs and Community Development
Tibang and Concepts of Personhood
Leaving Awastara
Miskitu Glossary
References Cited
Index