The parish behind God's back
Subtitle: the changing culture of rural Barbados
By: George Gmelch and Sharon Bohn Gmelch.
Contributors: Gmelch, Sharon.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Country life -- Barbados; Barbados -- Civilization -- 20th century; Barbados -- Economic conditions; Barbados -- Relations -- Foreign countries
Description: "Comprehensive ethnographic portrait of contemporary rural Barbados focuses on patterns of work, gender relations and life cycle, community, and religion in St. Lucy Parish. Recurring theme throughout work is impact of widening social relations - through globalization, tourism, transnationalism, technology, mass media - on village life and values"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Table of contents: title: Island and parish; title: Colonialism, sugar, and slavery; title: From sugar to tourism; title: Farmer, fisher, baker, maid; title: Gender and the lifecycle; title: Community : past and present; title: From Anglican to Pentecostal; title: The global village : television, tourism, and travel; title: Final thoughts.