Urban Life in Kingston Jamaica : The Culture and Class Ideology of Two Neighborhoods

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. "Cover page "--"Halftitle page "--"Title page " -- "Copyright page " -- "Title page " -- "Copyright page " -- "Dedication " -- "CONTENTS" -- "LIST OF TABLES" -- "INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES" -- "PREFACE" -- "INTRODUCTION" -- "CHAPTER I CLASS, POLITICS AND EDUCATION IN JAMAICA" -- "CHAPTER II SELTON TOWN AND VERMOUNT: TWO KINGSTON NEIGHBORHOODS " -- "CHAPTER III LIFE IN SELTON TOWN " -- "CHAPTER IV LIFE IN VERMOUNT " -- "CHAPTER V POLITICS AND POWER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD" -- "CHAPTER VI RELIGION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD" -- "CHAPTER VII SPORT AND LEISURE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD" -- "CHAPTER VIII CONFLICT AND DISPUTE IN SELTON TOWN AND VERMOUNT" -- "CHAPTER IX IDEOLOGY AND HEGEMONY IN SELTON TOWN AND VERMOUNT " -- "CHAPTER X CASE STUDIES: THE MIDDLE CLASS POSITION" -- "CHAPTER XI CASE STUDIES: THE WORKING CLASS POSITION" -- "CHAPTER XII CONCLUSION " -- "Appendix I" -- "Appendix II" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography" -- "Subject Index