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Age as a source of differentiation within a Garifuna village in southern Belize
America Indígena • 47 • Published In 1987 • Pages: 97-118
By: Palacio, Joseph O..
Abstract
This is a study of the acculturative effects of outside contacts on the social organization of a village community in southern Belize, called Lisurnia (a pseudonym). As the basis of his study Palacio divides the population of this village into specific age groups and discusses in detail the various social interactions between them. The author notes that the '...salience of age as a group marker arises from the fact that persons enter the village to stay and leave at specific periods within their life cycle' (p. 98). This tendency of the Garifuna to live in a village for part of their life and away for another part indicates to the author the almost completely open orientation of the villagers to the outside world.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central America
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1989-1991
- Field Date
- 1979-1980
- Coverage Date
- 1950-1980
- Coverage Place
- 'Lisurnia'[pseudonym], Belize
- Notes
- [by] Joseph O. Palacio
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-118)
- LCCN
- 44038531
- LCSH
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)