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Symbolic interaction in rituals of gender and procreation among the Garifuna (Black Caribs) of Honduras
Ethos • 19 (1) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 52-67
By: Chernela, Janet Marion.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Chernela examines the practice of couvade among the Garifuna. The author argues that couvade is not about equivalence but a “dramatization of maleness.” The key relationships expressed in couvade are not between husband and wife but between father and son and brother-in-laws, i.e., the mother's brother and father/husband. According to Chernela, the father is identifying with the child, because they both share the same substance. In Garifuna matrilateral society, the mother's brother is provider and nurturer, and the father/husband/child are at the receiving end of such benevolence.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Family relationships
- Parents-in-law and children-in-law
- Animism
- Ethnoanatomy
- Postnatal care
- Infant care
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1970-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sambo Crique, Corozal, Armenia, and Punta Gorda, Honduras
- NotesAdditional notes
- Janet M. Chernela
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-67)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73643517
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)