Saint Lucians

ETHNONYM: Lucians (colloquial)

Kinship

Saint Lucians trace descent through both parents. The extended family, including fictive kin such as godparents and informal adoptive parents, also assumes an important role in social and economic interpersonal relations.

Bibliography

Auberteen, Michael (1987). "Patterns of Gender Socialization in St. Lucia." M.A. thesis, University of Manchester.

Breen, Henry (1970). St. Lucia: Historical, Statistical, and Descriptive. London: Frank Cass & Co.

Dressler, William (1982). Hypertension and Culture Change: Acculturation and Disease in the West Indies. New York: Redgrave.

Jones, Rose (1994). "Songs from the Village: An Ethnography of Gender, Reproduction, and Sexuality in St. Lucia, West Indies." Ph.D. thesis, Southern Methodist University.

Koester, Stephen (1986). "From Plantation Agriculture to Oil Storage: Economic Development and Social Transformation." Ph.D. thesis, University of Colorado.

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