Legitimacy and iIIegitimacy
Misplaced polarities in Caribbean family studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12926219 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph R Manyoni (Carleton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 417-427 |
| Publication date | 1977-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1755-6171 • E-ISSN: 1755-618X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1755-618x.1977.tb00366.x |
| OpenAlex | W2024826270 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 5 |
Dans les études sur la structure de la famille Antillaise, la predominance des manages de coutume, du concubinage et des parentés ‘illégitimé’ fût traditionellement expliquée en terme des coutumes africaines, des conditions d'esclavage et des status socio‐economiques. La recherche traitant du comportement sexuel Antillais tend à percevoir ‘l'illégitimité’ du point du vue de la mére plutôt que de celui du père. Les données des recherches recentes suggére que pour une comprehension plus sociologiquement adéquate de la structure familiale Antillaise, de la sexualité extra‐maritale et de la parenté pré‐maritale, il faudrait tenir compte de la maternité et paternité ensemble ainsi que des attitudes envers ces comportments pourpourvoirexpliquerla permanence de ces phenomènes dans les sociétés Antiallaise contemporaines. Il est demontré sur la base d'evidence que les formes predominantes de comportement sexuel sont implicitement sanctionnées non seulement parmi les sphères sociales dans lesquelles elles sont predominantes mais aussi pardonnèes au niveau sociétal. Ainsi, l'attribution des concepts de ‘legitimité’ et d' ‘illégitimitée’ aux sociétés dans lesquelles des relations extra‐mantales et parentés sont predominants est analytiquant inappropriée. In studies of Caribbean family structure, the prevalence of customary‐law unions, concubinage, and ‘illegitimate’ parenthood has traditionally been explained in terms of African customs, slavery conditions, and socioeconomic status. Research on Caribbean mating patterns has tended to view ‘illegitimacy’ only from the point of view of the mother to the exclusion of the genitor. Data from recent research suggest that for a sociologically adequate understanding of Caribbean family structure, extramarital sexuality and premarital parenthood, both maternity and paternity, as well as attitudes to these behaviours, need to be taken into consideration to account for the continuation of these phenomena among contemporary Caribbean societies. Evidence is adduced to show that the prevailing forms of sexual behaviour are implicitly sanctioned, not only among the social stratum in which they are predominant, but at the societal level. Hence the attribution of the concepts ‘legitimacy’ and ‘illegitimacy’ to societies in which extramarital relations and parenthood have always exceeded their counterparts is analytically inappropriate
Ethnology · Humanities · Sociology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 2020 (41) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |