Race, development, and national identity in Panama

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dc.contributor.advisor Fuller , Jennifer
dc.contributor.committeeMember Arroyo -Martinez , Jossianna
dc.creator Flores -Villalobos , Joan V .
dc.date.accessioned 2012 -08 -02T20 :16 :35Z
dc.date.accessioned 2012 -11 -29T20 :51 :24Z
dc.date.available 2012 -08 -02T20 :16 :35Z
dc.date.available 2012 -11 -29T20 :51 :24Z
dc.date.created 2012 -05
dc.date.issued 2012 -08 -02
dc.date.submitted May 2012
dc.identifier.uri http : / /hdl .handle .net /2152 /ETD -UT -2012 -05 -5623
dc.description.abstract After 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 .
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dc.language.iso eng
dc.subject Panama
dc.subject Nation
dc.subject Race
dc.subject Development
dc.subject Museums
dc.subject Canal
dc.subject Reversion
dc.title Race , development , and national identity in Panama
dc.description.department Radio -Television -Film
dc.type.genre thesis *
dc.type.material text *
thesis.degree.name Master of Arts
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.discipline Radio -Television -Film
thesis.degree.grantor University of Texas at Austin
thesis.degree.department Radio -Television -Film
dc.date.updated 2012 -08 -02T20 :16 :44Z
dc.identifier.slug 2152 /ETD -UT -2012 -05 -5623

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Race, development, and national identity in Panama. Master's thesis, University of Texas at Austin. Available electronically from http : / /hdl .handle .net /2152 /ETD -UT -2012 -05 -5623 .

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