The matrifocal family: power, pluralism, and politics / Raymond T. Smith.
Publication details: New York, London: Routledge, 1996.Description: x, 236 pages; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0415912148
- 9780415912143
- 0415912156
- 9780415912150
- Matriarchy -- Caribbean Area
- Matrilineal kinship -- Caribbean Area
- Families -- Caribbean Area
- Matriarcat -- Cara ibes (R egion)
- Filiation matrilin eaire -- Cara ibes (R egion)
- Famille -- Cara ibes (R egion)
- Ethnic relations
- Families
- Matriarchy
- Matrilineal kinship
- Social policy
- Matrilineaire afstamming
- Matriarchaat
- Klassenverhoudingen
- Rassenverhoudingen
- Ethnicity
- Race
- Group identity
- Matriarchy
- Matrilineal kinship
- Families
- African American families
- Matriarcat -- R egion cara ibe
- Filiation matrilin eaire -- R egion cara ibe
- Famille -- R egion cara ibe
- Matriarchy - Caribbean Area
- Matrilineal Kinship - Caribbean Area
- Family - Caribbean Area - Social
- Caribbean Area - Ethnic relations
- Caribbean Area - Social policy
- Caribbean Area -- Ethnic relations
- Caribbean Area -- Social policy
- Cara ibes (R egion) -- Relations interethniques
- Cara ibes (R egion) -- Politique sociale
- Caribbean Area
- R egion cara ibe -- Relations interethniques
- R egion cara ibe -- Politique sociale
- Families
- Caribbean region
- verwantschap
- kinship
- matriarchaat
- matriarchy
- relaties
- relationships
- gezinsleven
- family life
- gezinsstructuur
- family structure
- sociale klassen
- social classes
- sociale structuur
- social structure
- etnische groepen
- ethnic groups
- religie
- religion
- caribisch gebied
- caribbean
- vs
- usa
- patriarchaat
- patriarchy
- Family, Nuclear Family
- Familie, gezin
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- 306.9729 WI Smi
- GN564.C37 S65 1995
- 73.43
- 980810 SCT
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Essays originally published 1956-1987 plus two conference papers presented in Dec. 1992 and Aug. 1993.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Essays originally published 1956-1987 plus two conference papers presented in December 1992 and August 1993
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-236) and index.
Ch. 1. Introduction -- pt. 1. Kinship and Family Structure. Ch. 2. Hypotheses and the Problem of Explanation. Ch. 3. Culture and Social Structure in the Caribbean. Ch. 4. The Matrifocal Family. Ch. 5. Hierarchy and the Dual Marriage System in West Indian Society. Ch. 6. Family, Social Change, and Social Policy in the West Indies -- pt. 2. Conflict and Difference: Race, Culture, and Politics. Ch. 7. Plural Society Theory. Ch. 8. Caste and Social Status Among the Indians of Guyana / Raymond Thomas Smith and Chandra Jayawardena. Ch. 9. Race and Class in the Post-Emancipation Caribbean. Ch. 10. Living in the Gun Mouth: Race, Class, and Political Violence in Guyana. Ch. 11. On the Disutility of the Notion of "Ethnic Group" for Understanding Status Struggles in the Modern World.
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