Family and Colour in JamaicaEyre & Spottiswoode, 1953 - 196 pages |
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Page 155
... class . It is mostly composed of white , fair , and a few brown individuals . The ritual concerned with the birth of children is character- istic of the upper class . Money takes the place that magic does یان in the lower class birth ...
... class . It is mostly composed of white , fair , and a few brown individuals . The ritual concerned with the birth of children is character- istic of the upper class . Money takes the place that magic does یان in the lower class birth ...
Page 164
... lower class society as a mark of fertility as showing that she is capable of contributing to the strength of the group . Parents have an ambivalent attitude which in most cases crystallizes into approval , particularly if the man ...
... lower class society as a mark of fertility as showing that she is capable of contributing to the strength of the group . Parents have an ambivalent attitude which in most cases crystallizes into approval , particularly if the man ...
Page 194
... lower class family , 109-110 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 163 Family , lower class : family structure 103-114 ; domestic groups , Chris- tian family , 105-109 , 116-119 , faithful concubinage , 105-110 , 116-119 , 163 , maternal or grand ...
... lower class family , 109-110 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 163 Family , lower class : family structure 103-114 ; domestic groups , Chris- tian family , 105-109 , 116-119 , faithful concubinage , 105-110 , 116-119 , 163 , maternal or grand ...
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acceptance acres African American appears attitude banana become behaviour called cent century child Christian church colour complete concubinage dependent distinction domestic group economic European existence expression extremely fact factor fair farms father feeling figures function girl give given greater hair hand Herskovits household important Indian Indies individual island Jamaica labour land less living London lower class majority marriage married means middle class moral mother Negro never Obeah occur origin parents parish particular pattern peasant period person planters play population Port Portland position poverty practice problem produce regarded relatives result seen sense served sexual shows similar slavery slaves social society status structure sugar TABLE taken tend tion town union United upper upper class West whole wife woman women