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Urban Life in Kingston Jamaica

The Culture and Class Ideology of Two Neighborhoods

Diane Austin-Broos author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:9th Apr '19

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This book, first published in 1984, recounts the daily life, the politics, religion and leisure pursuits of Jamaicans in working- and middle-class Kingston. The study is based upon the author’s observations of life in Selton Town and Vermount, two neighborhoods of Kingston, between 1971 and 1982. The author analyses the local social conflicts and ideologies, thereby, demonstrating how larger issues of class domination and cultural hegemony pervade neighbourhood life. The study provides a detailed contextual account of the significance of belonging to different classes. It provides a different perspective of Caribbean anthropology combining the techniques of ethnography and political economy.

ISBN: 9781138894877

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 430g

310 pages