Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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Page 70
... function of facilitating the exchange of produce and money between individuals . But it has another and equally important function . It enables the Jamaican to meet his friends and relatives in an atmosphere of bustle and excitement ...
... function of facilitating the exchange of produce and money between individuals . But it has another and equally important function . It enables the Jamaican to meet his friends and relatives in an atmosphere of bustle and excitement ...
Page 151
... function of the family in this section of Jamaican society is not only to fulfil the purpose of a domestic group , but to act as an integrating force between the two social extremes of the lower and the upper classes . Whether it ...
... function of the family in this section of Jamaican society is not only to fulfil the purpose of a domestic group , but to act as an integrating force between the two social extremes of the lower and the upper classes . Whether it ...
Page 170
... function in the society do not lend themselves to this . The demand is filled by Pocomania on the group level , and by Obeah on the private or personal level . Pocomania and other cult practices allow the individual full scope to ...
... function in the society do not lend themselves to this . The demand is filled by Pocomania on the group level , and by Obeah on the private or personal level . Pocomania and other cult practices allow the individual full scope to ...
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