Book
Black Carib household structure: a study of migration and modernization
University of Washington Press • Seattle • Published In 1969 • Pages: 24, 163
By: González, Nancie L. Solien.
Abstract
The central theme of this study is the description and analysis of the 'consanguineal household' of the Garifuna. The author defines this kind of household '...as a coresidental group of people who live under one roof, who eat and sleep together, and cooperate daily for the common benefit of all, and among whom there exist no conjugal pairs' (p. 137). To illustrate the structure and function of this type of household, González uses as her sample the Garifunas of Livingston, Guatemala, placing their form of household organization within the broader cultural and social matrix of the society as a whole, looking at it both synchronically and from a historical viewpoint. In the process of analysis the author provides additional information on the economic development of the society (with an emphasis on the importance of migrant wage labor), domestic life and structure in Garifuna society, and cross-cultural comparisons with other societies outside of Central America.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central America
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1989-1991
- Field Date
- 1956-1957
- Coverage Date
- 1956
- Coverage Place
- Livingston, Guatemala
- Notes
- [by] Nancie L. Gonzßlez
- New version of the author's dissertation, Univ. of Michigan, 1958
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-155)
- LCCN
- 77093024
- LCSH
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)