Family Love in the Diaspora - Migration and the Anglo-Caribbean Experience

Informationen zum Autor Mary Chamberlain Klappentext Colonial social policy in the British West Indies from the nineteenth century onward assumed that black families lacked morals, structure, and men, a void that explained poverty and lack of citizenship Zusammenfassung Colonial social policy in the British West Indies from the nineteenth century onward assumed that black families lacked morals, structure, and men, a void that explained poverty and lack of citizenship Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction and Perspectives; 1: Families and Oral History; 2: Historical Perspectives on African-Caribbean Families; 2: Narratives of the Family; 3: “Praisesongs” of the Family; 4: Continuities and Change; 5: Transnational Narratives and National Belongings; 3: Families through the Narratives of...; 6: The Wider Household: Grandparents and Other Kin; 7: Small Worlds: Families and Children; 8: Brothers and Sisters, Uncles and Aunts; 4: Comparison and Conclusion; 9: Indo-Caribbean Families in Britain and the Caribbean; 10: Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Mary Chamberlain
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2009
• EAN: 9781412808552
• ISBN: 978-1-4128-0855-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Memory and Narrative
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Sociology: family & relationships, Black & Asian Studies, West Indies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Sociology: family, kinship and relationships, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity, african;caribbean