Book
Sojourners of the Caribbean: ethnogenesis and ethnohistory of the Garifuna
University of Illinois Press • Urbana • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: González, Nancie L. Solien.
Abstract
This source is a study of the Garifuna, or Garifunas, who presently inhabit the Atlantic coast of Central America from Belize to Nicaragua, with clusers located in several Central American cities as well as the United States. The work is divided into three major parts. Part 1 (chapters 1-3) provides the historical background for the situations and events that eventually gave rise to the different phases or societies referred to in the text as Island Caribs, Garifunas and Garifuna. Here the author describes the various cultural elements that gradually coalesce into a single Garifuna people. Part 2 (chapters 4-7) evaluates the various cultural features that serve as distinct ethnic markers for these people, showing in effect how different 'traditions' were adopted and modified by the Garifuna to meet their own specific needs. Some of the most important areas of these traditions include language, ancestor ceremonies, dance and drumming, and work patterns. In part 3 (chapters 8-9) Gonzalez discusses the various processes and institutions that are involved in the adaptation and evolution of Garifuna society with a discussion of the effects of the migratory process on the society and the meaning of 'development' for an ethnic people as opposed to its meaning for a nation as a whole
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central America
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1989-1991
- Field Date
- 1955-1985
- Coverage Date
- 1000-1985
- Coverage Place
- Central America and Caribbean
- Notes
- [by] Nancie L. Gonzalez
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-244) and index
- LCCN
- 87006044
- LCSH
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)