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Social Science Rural

Brothers and Rivals

Patrilocality in Savage Cove

by (author) Melvin M. Firestone

Publisher
ISER Books
Initial publish date
Jul 2013
Category
Rural
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919666207
    Publish Date
    Jul 2013
    List Price
    $12.95

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This study centres upon the way the fishermen and their families in a village in the Strait of Belle Isle construct their social relations around egality and competition--two values so often mistakenly viewed as irreconcilable--and familism. The most important organizational unit through which these values are expressed is the patrilocal extended family, comprising a fishing crew with all family members helping with catching and processing.

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