Women and the Ancestors Black Carib Kinship and Ritual
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition: 2
- Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr
- Publish date: 09/01/1997
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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