Among the Garifuna : (Record no. 183770)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
Canceled/invalid ISBN 9780817318710 (hardback)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780817388249 (e-book)
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System control number (CaPaEBR)ebr11069818
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Original cataloging agency CaPaEBR
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
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Transcribing agency CaPaEBR
050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number F1505.2.C3
Item number W45 2015eb
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 305.897/92
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Wells, Marilyn McKillop,
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Among the Garifuna :
Remainder of title family tales and ethnography from the Caribbean coast /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Marilyn McKillop Wells.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Tuscaloosa :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer University Alabama Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice [2015]
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2016
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (233 pages)
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Content type term text
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Media type term computer
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Carrier type term online resource
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Summary, etc. "Among the Garifuna is the first ethnographic narrative of a Garifuna family. The Garifuna are descendants of the "Black Carib," whom the British deposited on Roatan Island in 1797 and who settled along the Caribbean coast from Belize City to Nicaragua. In 1980, medical anthropologist Marilyn McKillop Wells found herself embarking on an "improbable journey" when she was invited to the area to do fieldwork with the added challenge of revealing the "real" Garifuna. Upon her arrival on the island, Wells was warmly embraced by a local family, the Diegos, and set to work recording life events and indigenous perspectives on polygyny, Afro-indigenous identity, ancestor-worshiping religion, and more. The result, as represented in Among the Garifuna, is a lovingly intimate, earthy, human drama. The family narrative is organized chronologically. Part I, "The Old Ways," consists of vignettes that introduce the family backstory with dialogue as imagined by Wells based on the family history she was told. We meet the family progenitors, Margaret and Cervantes Diego, during their courtship, experience Margaret's pain as Cervantes takes a second wife, witness the death of Cervantes and ensuing mourning rituals, follow the return of Margaret and the children to their previous home in British Honduras, and observe the emergence of the children's personalities. In Part II, "Living There," Wells continues the story when she arrives in Belize and meets the Diego children, including the major protagonist, Tas. In Tas's household Wells learns about foods and manners and watches family squabbles and reconciliations. In these mini-stories, Wells interweaves cultural information on the Garifuna people with first-person narrative and transcription of their words, assembling these into an enthralling slice of life. Part III, "The Ancestor Party," takes the reader through a fascinating postmortem ritual that is enacted to facilitate the journey of the spirits of the honored ancestors to the supreme supernatural. Among the Garifuna contributes to the literary genres of narrative anthropology and feminist ethnography in the tradition of Zora Neal Hurston and other women writing culture in a personal way. Wells's portrait of this Garifuna family will be of interest to anthropologists, Caribbeanists, Latin Americanists, students, and general readers alike. "--
Assigning source Provided by publisher.
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Source of description note Description based on print version record.
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Diego family.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Garifuna (Caribbean people)
General subdivision Social life and customs.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Garifuna (Caribbean people)
General subdivision Ethnic identity.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Garifuna (Caribbean people)
Form subdivision Biography.
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Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element ebrary.
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=11069818">http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=11069818</a>
Public note An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Koha item type Electronic Book

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