Anthropological perspectives on Eleuthera Island
By: edited by Garry L. Thomas.
Contributors: Thomas, Garry.; College Center of the Finger Lakes.
Series: Island environmental studies: the Bahamas report -- 1973-74.; Archives monographs -- 2022b.
Publisher: College Center of the Finger Lakes
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Corning, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: Ethnology -- Bahamas -- Eleuthera Island.; Eleuthera Island (Bahamas) -- Civilization.
Notes: Editor is Ithaca College faculty emeritus; contributors were Ithaca College students.
Table of contents: value: 1. Essays on experiencing field work ; Student anthropologist : neither colonial nor tourist / Marc Tull ; Personal examples of modification of behavior on Eleuthera / Keith A. Newman ; On deception / David Leiman ; The dual-personality : a mental approach for field anthropology / Bob Grupé ; On being a woman in the field / Marthanne Berger ; Impact on Tarpum Bay / Marsha Goodman ; Ethnocentricity and the student anthropologist / Marcy Chaet ; Egocentricity and the student anthropologist / Helga Eisele ; On doing field anthropology in a group / Val Oakley ; Anthropology as sensitivity training : a tourist requirement / Betsy Hayes; value: 2. The socio-historical context of Tarpum Bay ; Color pride in Tarpum Bay : a Bahamian community reacts to equality / Marc Tull ; Role behavior and status validation in Tarpum Bay marriage / Helga Eisele ; Behavioral roles and codes of respectability on Eleuthera / Marthanne Berger ; Researching Christmas in March in Tarpum Bay / Bob Grupé ; A life history ; George Niles ("Aaron") Wilson / Val Oakley : Charles Samuel ("Ramsey") Walker / Keith A. Newman ; The "Dr. Paul" syndrome : the impact of a soap serial on Tarpum Bay / Marsha Goodman ; The Bahamian pace / Madeline Rubin.; value: Superfly hats in Tarpum Bay / Sari Zemann ; "Here goes the psychs" / David Leiman ; Night life in Tarpum Bay ; Roosevelt's Jolly Roger Bar / Betsy Hayes ; The tamarind tree on Savior Street : those who live and die under it / Leanne Brody; value: 3. The social impact of tourism ; Rock Sound Airport tourist survey / Helga Eisele and David Leiman ; "This island is ...," says the tourist / Bob Grupé ; Pleasing guests at private clubs and resorts on Eleuthera / Keith A. Newman ; Mrs. Constance Black : on a lifetime spent in the tourist industry / Marsha Goodman ; Dealing with subservience : an exposé of women's feelings regarding tourism on Eleuthera / Marthanne Berger ; Bahamian reaction to Ameican proxemic behavior / Marc Tull ; Interactions between tourists and Bahamians : a mismatch of cultural experctations and values / Betsy Hayes ; Colonialism to tourism : why such a peaceful transition? / Marcy Chaet.