Women and the Ancestors
Black Carib Kinship and RitualSecond Edition
Women's central role in the survival of Black Carib culture
Paper – $47
978-0-252-06665-8
Publication Date
Paperback: 06/01/1997
About the Book
This classic study of Black Carib culture and its preservation through ancestral rituals organized by older women now includes a foreword by Constance R. Sutton and an afterword by the author.
About the Author
Virginia Kerns is a professor emerita of anthropology at the College of William & Mary and the author of Sally in Three Worlds: An Indian Captive in the House of Brigham Young.Reviews
"An outstanding contribution to the literature on female-centered bilateral kinship and residence."--Grant D. Jones, American Ethnologist"A richly detailed account of a contemporary culture in which older women are important, valued, and self-respecting."--Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly
"A combination of competent research, interwoven themes, and an easily readable, sometimes beautifully evocative, prose style."--Heather Strange, The Gerontologist
"One of the outstanding studies of this genre. . . . Refreshingly, the book has good photographs, as well as strong endnotes and bibliography, and very useful tables, figures, maps, and index."--Choice
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