‘Una Raza, Dos Etnias’: The Politics Of Be(com)ing/Performing ‘Afropanameño’

Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-147

  Alexander Craft, Renée ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Afroantillano (Afro Antillean, West Indian); Afrocolonial (Afro Colonial; Colonial Black); Afropaname o (Afro Panamanian); Congo

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749129963     PISSN: 17442222     EISSN: 17442230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17442220802080519     Document Type: Article

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