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Citation |
Craft RA. Transform. Anthropol. 2008; 16(1): 20-31. |
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(Copyright © 2008, American Anthropological Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons) |
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Abstract |
“¡Los gringos vienen!” focuses on the ways a particular Afro-Latin community in Portobelo, Panama, who call themselves and their performance tradition “Congo,” negotiate encounters with global tourists. In so doing, it links notions of “respectability” with double-consciousness to explore differences between female Congo “local” and “like-local” performances. “Like-local” names Congo “packaged” presentations intended primarily for global tourists who enter Portobelo by bus or boat for one- to two-hour mid-day excursions. “¡Los gringos vienen!” attends to a doubling of the gaze whereby the Congos watch tourists watching them and annotate their cultural practices accordingly. |