Male and Female and the Afro-Curaçaoan Household

Front Matter....Pages I-VII Introduction....Pages 1-14 The Study of the Afro-American Family....Pages 15-66 Curaçao....Pages 67-121 The Research....Pages 122-137 Headship and the Household Group....Pages 138-169 The Social and Economic Position of Heads and Household Groups....Pages 170-211 Parents and Children....Pages 212-311 Concluding Remarks....Pages 312-327 Back Matter....Pages 328-355 The subject of the present study concerns the relationships between men and women and the composition of household groups among the lower Afro-American strata of the society of Cura