Any Time Is Trinidad Time
Subtitle: Social Meanings and Temporal Consciousness
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: November 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780813017136
Subjects: Social aspects; Time perception; Manners And Customs; Ethnology And Ethnography; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Time; Sociology; Human Geography; Ethnography; Human ecology; Social & cultural anthropology; Trinidad & Tobago; Customs & Traditions; Trinidad; Anthropology - Cultural; Ethnology
Description: "In a detailed description of how people use models of time in their daily lives, Kevin Birth explores cultural ideas of time in rural Trinidad and the feelings of cooperation and conflict that result from using different models."--BOOK JACKET. "Birth's study contributes to the understanding of ethnic, class, and gender relationships in the Caribbean, and it is notable for its emphasis on how individuals manipulate and manage social differences on a day-to-day basis."--BOOK JACKET.