Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. x, 236 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

1. Matriarchy > Caribbean Area
2. Matrilineal kinship > Caribbean Area
3. Families > Caribbean Area
4. Caribbean Area > Ethnic relations
5. Caribbean Area > Social policy

Contents

1. Hypotheses and the problem of explanation -- Culture and social structure in the Caribbean -- The matrifocal family -- Hierarchy and the dual marriage system in West Indian society -- Family, social change, and social policy in the West Indies -- Plural society theory -- Caste and social status among the Indians of Guyana / [coauthored with Chandra Jayawardena] -- Race and class in the post-emancipation Caribbean -- Living in the gun mouth : race, class, and political violence in Guyana -- On the disutility of the notion of "ethnic group" for understanding status struggles in the modern world.

Call number

1. Sc D 96-48

Note

1. Essays originally published 1956-1987 plus two conference papers presented in Dec. 1992 and Aug. 1993.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-226) and index.

Author

1. Smith, Raymond T. (Raymond Thomas), 1925-2015.

Title

1. The matrifocal family : power, pluralism, and politics / Raymond T. Smith.

Imprint

1. New York : Routledge, 1996.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-226) and index.

LCCN

1. 95013171 //r95

ISBN

1. 0415912148 (hard)
2. 0415912156 (pbk.)

Research call number

1. Sc D 96-48
2. JFE 96-3960