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Kin groups in a Haitian market

Man62 (9) • Published In 1962 • Pages: 145-149

By: Legerman, Caroline J..

Abstract
This article deals with the significance of kin groups among market women in northern Haiti. It focuses on the significance of kinship ties in fascilitating the selling of eggs and live fowl by rural women in nearby urban markets. It discusses how these women organized themselves into 'working units' by cultivating kinship, both actual and artificial, ties among themselves. These ties helped them to sanctioned specific rights and reciprocal duties to each others.
Subjects
Internal trade
Retail marketing
Buying and selling
Kin relationships
Gender status
Mutual aid
Social relationships and groups
Wholesale marketing
Price and value
Production and supply
Transmission of skills
Classes
Artificial kin relationships
culture
Haitians
HRAF PubDate
2012
Region
Middle America and the Caribbean
Sub Region
Caribbean
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem; 2011
Field Date
1961
Coverage Date
1961-1962
Coverage Place
Haiti
Notes
Miss Caroline J. Legerman
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
sf 80000548
LCSH
Haitians