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The Matrifocal Family: Power, Pluralism, and Politics

By Raymond T. Smith

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1996
ISBN
0415912148, 0415912156, 9780415912150, 9781315021911
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4954113 bytes)
Pages
\247
Time added
2021-06-11 01:28:40

Description

Essays originally published 1956—1987 plus two conference papers presented in Dec. 1992 and Aug. 1993. The essays in this collection focus attention on the enormous contribution made by women in maintaining family relations in situations of both racial and gender domination. Cover Title Copyright CONTENTS Acknowledgments Preface Chapter One Introduction PART ONE: Kinship and Family Structure Chapter Two Hypotheses and the Problem of Explanation Chapter Three Culture and Social Structure in the Caribbean Chapter Four The Matrifocal Family Chapter Five Hierarchy and the Dual Marriage System in West Indian Society Chapter Six Family, Social Change, and Social Policy in the West Indies PART TWO: Conflict and Difference: Race, Culture, and Politics Chapter Seven Plural Society Theory Chapter Eight Caste and Social Status Among the Indians of Guyana (coauthored with Chandra Jayawardena) Chapter Nine Race and Class in the Post-Emancipation Caribbean Chapter Ten Living in the Gun Mouth: Race, Class, and Political Violence in Guyana Chapter Eleven On the Disutility of the Notion of "Ethnic Group" for Understanding Status Struggles in the Modern World Notes References Index

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