The Blood of Victoriano Lorenzo

An Ethnography of the Cholos of Northern Cocle Province, Panama

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies
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Author: Nina K. Müller-Schwarze ISBN: 9781476606316
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: December 17, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Nina K. Müller-Schwarze
ISBN: 9781476606316
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: December 17, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

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 led the “War of a Thousand Days” (1901–1903) that is understood in northern Coclé as a fight for indigenous land rights. While state bureaucracies later labeled the region an “area of extreme poverty” and imposed programs seeking to eradicate “poverty,” local oral history narratives focus on the interdependence of the natural environment and the human community. The indigenous political structure found liberation power through Catholic theology, and participated in a social movement that stopped a planned expansion of the Panama Canal. This book presents a new understanding of the people and their social structure, informed by extensive archival research and by oral history interviews the author conducted while living in northern Coclé for approximately four years.

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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 led the “War of a Thousand Days” (1901–1903) that is understood in northern Coclé as a fight for indigenous land rights. While state bureaucracies later labeled the region an “area of extreme poverty” and imposed programs seeking to eradicate “poverty,” local oral history narratives focus on the interdependence of the natural environment and the human community. The indigenous political structure found liberation power through Catholic theology, and participated in a social movement that stopped a planned expansion of the Panama Canal. This book presents a new understanding of the people and their social structure, informed by extensive archival research and by oral history interviews the author conducted while living in northern Coclé for approximately four years.

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