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The Parish Behind God's Back: The Changing Culture of Rural Barbados
The Parish Behind God's Back The Changing Culture of Rural Barbados Author:Sharon Bohn Gmelch, George Gmelch For this latest edition, the authors returned to Barbados to update the changing face of life in St. Lucy, the parish behind God's back--the island's most rural district. After discussing Barbados's colonial history as a plantation society based on slavery and the economy s recent conversion from sugar to tourism, they turn to everyday life in S... more »t. Lucy: patterns of work, gender relations, religion, and the meaning of "community." The book concludes by examining the global forces and media--television, tourism, travel, and the Internet--that connect villagers to the outside and most directly affect their lives. Written with students in mind, this highly readable, illustrated, and thought-provoking account is ideal for courses in cultural anthropology and Caribbean studies. An appendix describes the changes North American students experienced as a result of participating in the anthropology field schools the authors ran in Barbados over a twenty-year period. Without compromising content, the Second Edition has a new, streamlined format that makes it both manageable in length and reasonably priced for students.« less