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This classic study of Black
Carib culture and its preservation through ancestral rituals organized
by older women now includes a foreword by Constance R. Sutton and an afterword
by the author.
"One of the outstanding
studies of this genre. . . . Refreshingly, the book has good photographs,
as well as strong endnotes and bibliography, and very useful tables, figures,
maps, and index." -- Choice
"An outstanding contribution
to the literature on female-centered bilateral kinship and residence."

-- Grant D. Jones, American Ethnologist
"A richly detailed account
of a contemporary culture in which older women are important, valued,
and self-respecting."
-- Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly
"A combination of competent
research, interwoven themes, and an easily readable, sometimes beautifully
evocative, prose style." -- Heather Strange, The Gerontologist

Women and the Ancestors: BLACK CARIB KINSHIP AND RITUAL

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    Publisher: University of Illinois Press
    Publication Date: 01/06/1997
    ISBN13: 9780252066658, 978-0252066658
    ISBN10: 0252066650

    Number of Pages: 296

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

    Description


    This classic study of Black
    Carib culture and its preservation through ancestral rituals organized
    by older women now includes a foreword by Constance R. Sutton and an afterword
    by the author.
    "One of the outstanding
    studies of this genre. . . . Refreshingly, the book has good photographs,
    as well as strong endnotes and bibliography, and very useful tables, figures,
    maps, and index." -- Choice
    "An outstanding contribution
    to the literature on female-centered bilateral kinship and residence."

    -- Grant D. Jones, American Ethnologist
    "A richly detailed account
    of a contemporary culture in which older women are important, valued,
    and self-respecting."
    -- Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly
    "A combination of competent
    research, interwoven themes, and an easily readable, sometimes beautifully
    evocative, prose style." -- Heather Strange, The Gerontologist

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