Drinking Shops and Social Structure: Some Ideas on Lower-Class West Indian Male Behavior.

Brana-Shute, Gary

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Publication Date: 1976

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Drinking Shops and Social Structure: Some Ideas on Lower-Class West Indian Male Behavior

Brana-Shute, Gary

Urban Anthropology, 5, 1, 53-68, Spr 76

Given the circumstances, the mating system, the attitudes of women, household organizations, and the mens' marginal position in the occupational hierarchy, the street corner behavior demonstrated by lower class West Indian males is a response to a system that demands nothing more from them. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Creoles, Ethnic Grouping, Group Status, Informal Organization, Lower Class, Males, Networks, Social Structure

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