| Description |
xv, 472 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Previously published: Kingston, Jamaica : I. Randle, 1996. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-472). |
| Contents |
Origins and functions -- Labels and typologies -- Personal choice and adaptive response -- Ideology and culture -- Slave families -- East Indian families -- Child socialisation, relocation and abandonment -- Social policy : state, law and church. |
| Summary |
Provides a comprehensive review of the extensive literature on family, household and conjugal unions in the Caribbean. The book is constructed around six themes prominent in Caribbean family studies, namely definitions of the family, plural and creole society, social structure, gender roles and relationships methodology, history and social change. Part I critically assesses theoretical trends and interpretations from the perspectives of African heritage, colonial social welfare, structural functionalism, adaptive responses to poverty and kinship ideology and practice. Concepts such as matrifocality, male marginality, female headed household and kinship network are examined. Part II reviews substantive topics of slave family structure, East Indian family patterns, childhood socialisation and social policy. |
| Subject |
Families -- Caribbean Area.
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Marriage -- Caribbean Area.
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Slavery -- Caribbean Area.
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Caribbean Area -- Social conditions.
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| Indexed Term |
Familia Caribe (Región). |
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Matrimonio Caribe (Región). |
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Esclavitud Caribe (Región). |
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Caribe (Región) Condiciones sociales. |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Barrow, Christine. Family in the Caribbean. Princeton : Marcus Wiener, 1999 (OCoLC)657091795 |
| ISBN |
1558762078 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9781558762077 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1558762086 pb alkaline paper |
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9781558762084 pb alkaline paper |
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