An edition of The parish behind God's back (1997)

The parish behind God's back

the changing culture of rural Barbados

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Cover of: The parish behind God's back by George Gmelch, Sharon Bohn Gmelch, George Gmelch
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An edition of The parish behind God's back (1997)

The parish behind God's back

the changing culture of rural Barbados

by and

  • 2 Want to read

"Comprehensive ethnographic portrait of contemporary rural Barbados focuses on patterns of work, gender relations and life cycle, community, and religion in St. Lucy Parish. Recurring theme throughout work is impact of widening social relations - through globalization, tourism, transnationalism, technology, mass media - on village life and values"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

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University of Michigan Press
Language
English
Pages
240

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Subjects

Country life, Civilization, Economic conditions, Relations, Social Science, Religion, Anthropology - Cultural, Barbados, Social life and customs, General, International relations, Conditions économiques, Landleben, Civilisation, Economic history

Places

Barbados, Foreign countries

Times

20th century
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Cover of: The Parish Behind God's Back
The Parish Behind God's Back: The Changing of Rural Barbados
September 2001, Waveland Pr Inc
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Cover of: The parish behind God's back
The parish behind God's back: the changing culture of rural Barbados
2001, Waveland Press
in English
Cover of: The parish behind God's back
The parish behind God's back: the changing culture of rural Barbados
1997, University of Michigan Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Island and parish
Colonialism, sugar, and slavery
From sugar to tourism
Farmer, fisher, baker, maid
Gender and the lifecycle
Community : past and present
From Anglican to Pentecostal
The global village : television, tourism, and travel
Final thoughts.

Edition Notes

Published in
Ann Arbor

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
972.981
Library of Congress
F2041 .G54 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 240 p. :
Number of pages
240

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1010777M
Internet Archive
parishbehindgods0000gmel
ISBN 10
0472096265, 0472066269
LCCN
96051248
OCLC/WorldCat
36037954
Library Thing
344230
Goodreads
3688919
2189748

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Work ID
OL2696638W

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