"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. "

Family in the Caribbean: Themes and Perspectives

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Christine Barrow

Social Sciences

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The Real Taste of Jamaica

<p>1998 Edition: by Enid Donaldson and Ray Chen - The definite book about Jamaican cooking.</p>

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Donaldson, Enid

Chen, Ray

Regional & International

Life and Food in the Caribbean

MacKie, Cristine

Historian David Buisseret teams up with aerial photographer Jack Tyndale-Biscoe in this book to produce a predominantly visual portrait of Jamaica from pre-Columbian times to the modern period.Aerial photos and satellite images reveal a variety of historical processes much less visible from the ground while the explanatory maps give both the contemporary material and the photos a sharper focus and force the author to ask fresh questions of those images. With this unique combination of text and images Historic Jamaica From the Air brings to life Jamaica's rich history as well as its modern development.

Historic Jamaica from the Air

Arts & Photography

Buisseret, David

Tyndale-Biscoe, J.

Photography & Video

Jah Pickney: Children of Jamaica

Ribelli, Piero

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