Parish Behind God's Back The Changing Culture of Rural Barbados

Name: Parish Behind God's Back The Changing Culture of Rural Barbados
Price: 5.53 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781577662099

ISBN-10: 1577662091

ISBN-13: 9781577662099

Edition: 1997

Authors: George Gmelch, Sharon Bohn Gmelch

List price: $21.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

3 new & used from $5.53

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

One of the first things any visitor to Barbados notices is Barbadian youths wearing baseball caps and T-shirts sporting the logos of North American teams; and these days, one is more likely to find an American sitcom on television than a Caribbean program. The Parish behind God's Back describes the social fabric and everyday life of one rural parish on the island, St. Lucy, including its many links to the outside world. It is a contemporary ethnography of the local that takes into account the enormous influence of global factors such as tourism, television, foreign travel, and return migrants. Written with students in mind, the book contains several unique features. Each chapter blends…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Waveland Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

George Gmelch is Professor of Anthropology at Union College. His many books include In the Ballpark: The Working Lives of Baseball People; The Parish Behind God's Back: History and Culture in Rural Barbados (with Sharon Gmelch); and Double Passage: The Lives of Caribbean Migrants, Abroad and Back Home. He lives in Slingerlands, New York.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



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


Students and Barbadians: Lessons from the Field


Notes


Bibliography


Index