Continuity and change in the Afro-Caribbean family in Curacao in the twentieth century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2171965 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eva Abraham-Van Der Mark |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-88 |
| Publication date | 2003-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Community Work & Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1366-8803 • E-ISSN: 1469-3615 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1366880032000063914 |
| OpenAlex | W2017594229 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article deals with continuity and change in the Afro-Caribbean family of Curacao in the twentieth century. In the 1940s and 1950s, with full employment for men and after a multinational company offered financial benefits for legally married workers and their families, marriage rates increased and the percentage of children born to unmarried mothers [1] decreased substantially. Yet with lay-offs and economic decline this trend was reversed. The change had been short-term and, five decades later, its reversal might be interpreted as an example of remarkable continuity. Yet I disagree with conclusions contending that the Caribbean family has hardly changed since emancipation. Curacao appears to be a strong case for an economic explanation of these developments. Yet an exclusively economic explanation is too limited. Cet article examine la continuité et le changement dans la famille Afro-Caraïbe à Curacao au cours du vingtième siècle. Le taux de mariage avait augmenté et le pourcentage d'enfants nés de mères non-mariées avait diminué considérablement aprés qu'une multinationale eut lancrich lifestyle french riviera une campagne dans laquelle la promotion du marriage légal était assortie d'avantages financiers. Mais cette tendence s'inversa avec les licenciements et le déclin économique. Le changement avait été de courte durée, et apres plusieurs décennies, ce recul pouvait etre interpreté comme un example d'une continuité remarquable. Je ne partage pourtant pas l'avis des auteurs qui concluent que la famille Afro-Caraïbe a peu changé depuis l'émancipation. Curacao semble etre un cas typique d'explication économique des développements dans la famille. Mais une explication exclusivement économique est beaucoup trop restrictive
Art · Ethnology · Humanities · Political science · Sociology · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |