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Ethnicity and mating patterns in Punta Gorda, Belize
Current developments in anthropological genetics • 3 • Published In 1984 • Pages: 117-132
By: Cosminsky, Sheila, Whipple, Emory.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, Cosminsky and Whipple look at ethnic relations in an ethnically mixed Belize town. First, they examine ethnic identity and stereotypes, in terms of occupations, language, and religion. They find that ethnic and economic stratification coincide. Although ethnic tensions exist, ethnic conflict is rare. Next, they look at intermarriage and marital patterns. They discover interethnic mating in spite of an ideal of endogamy held by all groups and discuss some of the reasons why this is so.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethnic stratification
- Classes
- Regulation of marriage
- 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.
- 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
- 1965-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1964-1978
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Punta Gorda, Belize
- NotesAdditional notes
- Sheila Cosminsky and Emory Whipple
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-132)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84643380
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)