Race, development, and national identity in Panama

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dc.contributor.advisorFuller, Jenniferen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberArroyo-Martinez, Jossiannaen
dc.creatorFlores-Villalobos, Joan V.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-02T20:16:35Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:26:32Z
dc.date.available2012-08-02T20:16:35Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:26:32Z
dc.date.issued2012-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2012en
dc.date.updated2012-08-02T20:16:44Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractAfter reversion of Canal ownership from the U.S. to Panama in 1999, the construction of Panamanian national identity became deeply tied to notions of development. This thesis explores how the discourse of development is created, circulated and negotiated through important Panamanian cultural institutions. It shows how race and raced bodies became the dominant site for the negotiation of Panamanian national identity in the post-Reversion era. This discourse of development promotes the “myth of mestizaje”—a myth that the nation is homogeneous and without racial difference. Through the example of Panama, we perceive the cracks in the global notion of development as “common sense” and uniformly experienced.en
dc.description.departmentRadio-Television-Filmen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.slug2152/ETD-UT-2012-05-5623en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2012-05-5623en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectPanamaen
dc.subjectNationen
dc.subjectRaceen
dc.subjectDevelopmenten
dc.subjectMuseumsen
dc.subjectCanalen
dc.subjectReversionen
dc.titleRace, development, and national identity in Panamaen
dc.type.genrethesisen

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