Book
Sojourners of the Caribbean: ethnogenesis and ethnohistory of the Garifuna
University of Illinois Press • Urbana • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: González, Nancie L. Solien.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a study of the Garifuna, or Garifunas, who presently inhabit the Atlantic coast of Central America from Belize to Nicaragua, with clusers located in several Central American cities as well as the United States. The work is divided into three major parts. Part 1 (chapters 1-3) provides the historical background for the situations and events that eventually gave rise to the different phases or societies referred to in the text as Island Caribs, Garifunas and Garifuna. Here the author describes the various cultural elements that gradually coalesce into a single Garifuna people. Part 2 (chapters 4-7) evaluates the various cultural features that serve as distinct ethnic markers for these people, showing in effect how different 'traditions' were adopted and modified by the Garifuna to meet their own specific needs. Some of the most important areas of these traditions include language, ancestor ceremonies, dance and drumming, and work patterns. In part 3 (chapters 8-9) Gonzalez discusses the various processes and institutions that are involved in the adaptation and evolution of Garifuna society with a discussion of the effects of the migratory process on the society and the meaning of 'development' for an ethnic people as opposed to its meaning for a nation as a whole
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- External relations
- Peacemaking
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Garifuna
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 1989-1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1955-1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1000-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- St. Vincent; Caribbean coast of Central America
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Nancie L. Gonzalez
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-244) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87006044
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)