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Women and the Ancestors

Women and the Ancestors
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 0252066650
ISBN-13 : 9780252066658
Rating : 4/5 (658 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Women and the Ancestors by : Virginia Kerns

Download or read book Women and the Ancestors written by Virginia Kerns and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic study of Black Carib culture and its preservation through ancestral rituals organized by older women now includes a foreword by Constance R. Sutton and an afterword by the author. "One of the outstanding studies of this genre. . . . Refreshingly, the book has good photographs, as well as strong endnotes and bibliography, and very useful tables, figures, maps, and index." -- Choice "An outstanding contribution to the literature on female-centered bilateral kinship and residence." -- Grant D. Jones, American Ethnologist "A richly detailed account of a contemporary culture in which older women are important, valued, and self-respecting." -- Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly "A combination of competent research, interwoven themes, and an easily readable, sometimes beautifully evocative, prose style." -- Heather Strange, The Gerontologist


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