The Parish Behind God's Back: The Changing Culture of Rural

The Parish Behind God's Back: The Changing Culture of Rural Barbados

For this latest edition, the authors returned to Barbados to update the changing face of life in St. Lucy, the parish â€œbehind Godâ€™s backâ€â€”the islandâ€™s most rural district. After discussing Barbadosâ€™s colonial history as a plantation society based on slavery and the economyâ€™s recent conversion from sugar to tourism, they turn to everyday life in St. Lucy: patterns of work, gender relations, religion, and the meaning of â€œcommunity.â€ The book concludes by examining the global forces and mediaâ€”television, tourism, travel, and the Internetâ€”that connect villagers to the outside and most directly affect their lives. Written with students in mind, this highly readable, illustrated, and thought-provoking account is ideal for courses in cultural anthropology and Caribbean studies. An appendix describes the changes North American students experienced as a result of participating in the anthropology field schools the authors ran in Barbados over a twenty-year period.
Country USA
Manufacturer Waveland Press, Inc.
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-12-12
Format Kindle eBook

The Parish Behind God's Back: The Changing Culture of Rural Barbados