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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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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"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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Waveland 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
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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.

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Originally published: Ann Arbor [Mich.] : University of Michigan Press, c1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Prospect Heights, IL

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Pagination
xii, 240 p. :
Number of pages
240

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OL22171370M
Internet Archive
parishbehindgods00gmel
ISBN 10
1577662091
Library Thing
344230
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2295204

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