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Family in the Caribbean (Paperback)
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"Family in the Caribbean provides a comprehensive review of the
extensive literature on family, household and conjugal unions in
the Caribbean. The book is constructed around six themes prominent
in Caribbean family studies, namely definitions of the family,
plural and creole society, social structure, gender roles and
relationships, methodology, history and social change. Part I
critically assesses theoretical trends and interpretations from the
perspectives of African heritage, colonial social welfare,
structural functionalism, adaptive responses to poverty and kinship
ideology and practice. Concepts such as matrifocality, male
marginality, female headed household and kinship network are
examined. Part II reviews substantive topics of slave family
structure, East Indian family patterns, childhood socialisation and
social policy. An added feature is the inclusion of selected
readings from works by the main contributors to Caribbean family
theory which provide a handy reference for readers. These readings
are conveniently placed at the end of each section. The author s
objective is to pave the way for future investigations which study
Caribbean families in their own right, and in the process help to
bury the ethnocentric images of deviant and disorganised families.
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