essay

Kin ties, food and remittances in a Garifuna village in southern Belize

Diet and domestic life in societyPhiladelphiaPublished In 1991 • Pages: 119-146, 263-272

By: Palacio, Joseph O..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This chapter examines household structure and inter-household networks in a marginal Garifuna village. The author discusses the sharing of food, money, and kin, which involves fosterage of children among households based on their kin ties and obligations. Also described is how such relationships and practices facilitate the flow of basic necessities within the community. The document includes the complete ten-page list of references for the entire volume of “Diet and Domestic Life in Society.”
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Diet
Administration
Income and demand
Household
Kin relationships
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
essay
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.
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
1979-1980
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1979-1980
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
'Lisurnia,' southern Belize
NotesAdditional notes
Joseph Palacio
Based on a symposium held at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Dec. 1981, in Los Angeles, Calif.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-272)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
90040636
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Garifuna (Caribbean people)