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     This classic study of Black         Carib culture and its preservation through ancestral rituals organized         by older women now includes a foreword by Constance R. Sutton and an afterword         by the author.       ""One of the outstanding         studies of this genre. . . . Refreshingly, the book has good photographs,         as well as strong endnotes and bibliography, and very useful tables, figures,         maps, and index."" -- Choice       ""An outstanding contribution         to the literature on female-centered bilateral kinship and residence.""                 -- Grant D. Jones, American Ethnologist       ""A richly detailed account         of a contemporary culture in which older women are important, valued,         and self-respecting.""         -- Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly       ""A combination of competent         research, interwoven themes, and an easily readable, sometimes beautifully         evocative, prose style."" -- Heather Strange, The Gerontologist  

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""A richly detailed account of a contemporary culture in which older women are important, valued, and self-respecting."" -- Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly. ""An outstanding contribution to the literature on female-centered bilateral kinship and residence."" -- Grant D. Jones, American Ethnologist

"""A richly detailed account of a contemporary culture in which older women are important, valued, and self-respecting."" -- Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly. ""An outstanding contribution to the literature on female-centered bilateral kinship and residence."" -- Grant D. Jones, American Ethnologist"

A richly detailed account of a contemporary culture in which older women are important, valued, and self-respecting. -- Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly. An outstanding contribution to the literature on female-centered bilateral kinship and residence. -- Grant D. Jones, American Ethnologist

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