Raymond T. Smith

Kinship and Class in the West Indies

A Genealogical Study of Jamaica and Guyana
Herausgeber: Fortes, Meyer; Leach, Edmund

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the extensive family and kinship ties of West Indians in Jamaica and Guyana.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9780521396493
• ISBN-10: 0521396492
• Artikelnr.: 23509748

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: assumptions, procedures, methods
2. Kinship, culture and theory
3. What is kinship in the West Indies?
4. The structure of genealogies
5. Marriage in the formation of West Indian society
6. Modern marriage and other arrangements
7. Sex role differentiation
8. Household and family
9 Conclusion