Women and the Ancestors: Black Carib Kinship and Ritual (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780252066658)

This classic study of Black
Carib culture and its preservation through ancestral rituals organized
by older women now includes a foreword by Constance R. Sutton and an afterword
by the author.
"One of the outstanding
studies of this genre. . . . Refreshingly, the book has good photographs,
as well as strong endnotes and bibliography, and very useful tables, figures,
maps, and index." -- Choice
"An outstanding contribution
to the literature on female-centered bilateral kinship and residence."

-- Grant D. Jones, American Ethnologist
"A richly detailed account
of a contemporary culture in which older women are important, valued,
and self-respecting."
-- Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly
"A combination of competent
research, interwoven themes, and an easily readable, sometimes beautifully
evocative, prose style." -- Heather Strange, The Gerontologist

Author: Virginia Kerns
ISBN-10: 0252066650
ISBN-13: 9780252066658
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/1997
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 8.91h x 5.93w x 0.87d