Exiled from St. Vincent: the development of Black Carib culture in Central America up to 1945

Gullick, C. J. M. R.

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Exiled from St. Vincent: the development of Black Carib culture in Central America up to 1945

Progress Press • Malta • Published In 1976 • Pages:

By: Gullick, C. J. M. R..

Abstract
This work is a detailed historical analysis of the evolution of Garifuna society from the early days of their residence on St. Vincent Island to 1945 in Central America. The author uses three major time frames for his discussion: the period from 1763-1797, while they still lived on St. Vincent; the period of 1797-1900 after their deportation to Central America by the British following the 'Carib Wars' and the period of 1900-1945, during which the society evolved into its present state. For each of these periods Gullick describes the major historical events affecting the Garifuna population, the external structure of the society (i.e., that part of the society's structure imposed from outside), the life cycle, the curing and religious system, the annual and daily/weekly cycles, the economic system, and the internal structure (political organization, kinship, etc.). A final chapter uses these elements of cultural analysis in a study of the acculturative effects of contacts with Caribbean Indian and black societies on the over-all structure of the Garifuna. This section presents much comparative information on the Island Caribs or Callinago people.

Acculturation and culture contact

Theoretical orientation in research and its results