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The parish behind God's back

The parish behind God's back1997

Sharon Bohn Gmelch, George Gmelch

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"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.

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First published
1997
OL Work ID
OL2696638W

Subjects

Country lifeCivilizationEconomic conditionsRelationsSocial ScienceReligionAnthropology - CulturalBarbadosSocial life and customsGeneralInternational relationsConditions économiquesLandlebenCivilisationEconomic history

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