Transformation of African and Indian Family Traditions in the Southern Caribbean

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ID2106957
AuthorsJohn Stuart Macdonald, Leatrice D Macdonald (Universidad de Londres)
Year1973
Volume15
Issue2
Pages171-198
Publication date1973-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueComparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0010417500007027
OpenAlexW2139707429
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited13

Around the Caribbean, it is commonly believed that slavery and the plantation system have been responsible for the prevalence of short-term consensual unions, matrifocal households and children out of wedlock who grow up without the authority and support of a father or definite father- surrogate. This explanation is accepted as often by social scientists as by public opinion. Of course, this is the obverse of the line of Western social thought maintaining that small holdings and independent family farming are the basis of strong patrifocal households, exclusive life-long marriages and paternal responsibility for children

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