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"A richly detailed account of a contemporary culture in which older women are important, valued, and self-respecting." -- Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly. "An outstanding contribution to the literature on female-centered bilateral kinship and residence." -- Grant D. Jones, American Ethnologist
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When I met Black Carib women, one of the first questions that they routinely asked me was, "Do you have your mother?" Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
other lineal kin, focal woman, calendrical holidays, close kinswomen, female affines, supernatural harm, minor rites, lineal relatives, cassava bread, ritual affairs, other older women, eldest female, strong rum, using sorcery, nuclear family households, extended family households, ritual attention Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Black Carib, United States, Belize City, Central America, Red Carib, Father Breton, West Indies, Roman Catholic, Requiem Mass, Great Britain, Settlement Day, West Indian, Thomas Young, Stann Creek District, New World, North American, Black River, Caribbean Sea, John Canoe, Lucia Ramirez New!
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When I met Black Carib women, one of the first questions that they routinely asked me was, "Do you have your mother?" Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
other lineal kin, focal woman, calendrical holidays, close kinswomen, female affines, supernatural harm, minor rites, lineal relatives, cassava bread, ritual affairs, other older women, eldest female, strong rum, using sorcery, nuclear family households, extended family households, ritual attention Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Black Carib, United States, Belize City, Central America, Red Carib, Father Breton, West Indies, Roman Catholic, Requiem Mass, Great Britain, Settlement Day, West Indian, Thomas Young, Stann Creek District, New World, North American, Black River, Caribbean Sea, John Canoe, Lucia Ramirez New!
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- Women in Ritual and Symbolic Roles by Judith Hoch-Smith in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Schlegel: Sexual Stratification (Cloth) by A SCHLEGEL in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Women of Belize: Gender and Change in Central America by Irma McClaurin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Extended Family in Black Societies by Demitri Shimkin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- West Indies (Maj Wld Nations) (Major World Nations) by Suzanne Anthony in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- In Her Prime: NEW VIEWS OF MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN by Virginia Kerns on 4 pages
- Women As Ritual Experts: The Religious Lives of Elderly Jewish Women in Jerusalem (American Folklore Society, New Series) by Susan Starr Sered in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Restoring Women to History (Restoring Women to History) by Marysa Navarro in Back Matter
- Women among Women: Anthropological Perspectives on Female Age Hierarchies by Jeanette Dickerson-Putman on page 132
- Pathology and Identity: The Work of Mother Earth in Trinidad (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) by Roland Littlewood in Back Matter
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