The parish behind God's back

The parish behind God's back

by George Gmelch

1997

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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.