book chapter
Ethnographic setting: the major socio-cultural forms of the Black Carib of Punta Gorda, British Honduras
Couvade practices of the Black Carib: a psychological study • [Cambridge, Mass.] • Published In 1964 • Pages: 22-83
By: Munroe, Robert L..
Abstract
This is a chapter form a Harvard Ph.D. dissertation, describing the ethnography of a town in Belize. Munroe discusses the history, physical setting, language, material culture, subsistence, social structure, and religion, circa 1950s of the town. A long section is devoted to the socialization of children and youth. He also discusses in length subsistence activities from household chores to rice planting and wager labor.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central America
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2003
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1950-1963
- Coverage Place
- Punta Gorda, Belize
- Notes
- by Robert Leon Munroe
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-89)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Harvard University, 1964
- LCSH
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)