Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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Page 105
... domestic group as the unit of family structure in the island . In Jamaica the domestic group is the residential unit which constitutes a household . The domestic group may , but does not always , consist of the elementary biological ...
... domestic group as the unit of family structure in the island . In Jamaica the domestic group is the residential unit which constitutes a household . The domestic group may , but does not always , consist of the elementary biological ...
Page 106
... group . But for analysis it is necessary to make a broad classification . Marriage is the cohabitation of a man and a woman with the legal and social sanction of a particular society . Type A is the only form of domestic group which is ...
... group . But for analysis it is necessary to make a broad classification . Marriage is the cohabitation of a man and a woman with the legal and social sanction of a particular society . Type A is the only form of domestic group which is ...
Page 134
... domestic group , the parents will approve . In the case of a very poor domestic group the girl's intention to join the man's domestic group is approved . Thus groups are expanded and new ones created according to individual action . But ...
... domestic group , the parents will approve . In the case of a very poor domestic group the girl's intention to join the man's domestic group is approved . Thus groups are expanded and new ones created according to individual action . But ...
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