THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY Week 1 Experience of family in the Jamaican context and impact of family structures and patterns on community development WHAT IS A FAMILY? A Family is: “a kinship unit‚ essentially of primary kin of the household head‚ but it allows for extension‚ either patrilineal or matrilineal.” (UNESCO‚ 1992) There are times when they do not share the same residence but the family still exists as a Unit WHAT IS A HOUSEHOLD? A household is: “a commensal (share the same food
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"My Heritage Experience in America. Who Am I and Where Did I Come From?" An Interview of Barbara Lyons In my quest to interview someone for this research‚ I decided to interview Barbara Lyons. Barbara’s heritage is Jamaican. Barbara was aware of her Jamaican heritage in the early stages of her life since her father was born in Jamaica. He came to the U.S. in the early sixties and later joined the U.S. Air Force. Barbara said that she has been to her father’s hometown of Hayes once. There
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continuous domestic relocation. “Children Caught in the Crossfire” is an interesting article that exploits numerous factors involving parental negligence which causes child shifting. This has become a clichéd situation in the Jamaican society as a vast percentage of Jamaican parents have become surprisingly negligent. Whether by improper parenting or defaulted situations‚ children have suffered from these mal-outcomes and this has become evident through child development assessments explored within
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Winter Olympics who finished first in two events again during the 1972 Winter Olympics but was disqualified from the latter for cheating and retired in disgrace to Jamaica‚ where he leads an impoverished life as a bookie. Irving is approached by two Jamaican athletes: top 100m runner Derice Bannock‚ who failed to qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympics when another opponent tripped him at the trials‚ and Sanka Coffie‚ a champion push cart racer. The athletes wish to use Irving’s previous experience as
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behaviour (Wantanabe‚ 2006). Drug abuse among teens is a worldwide problem. In Jamaica‚ the use and abuse of drugs by teenagers has steadily increased over the decades. Gazarelli‚ Hoxter & Lester (1987) in studying the drug usage patterns of Jamaican teens‚ discovered that while drug usage was not dependent on sex‚ it bore positive correlations with other anti-social behaviours and emotional disturbance. In 1989‚ 78 percent of teen males and 40 percent of teen females were using one of four drugs
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Nicole Angelic R. Simpao BSMT-1B Cool Runnings There really was a Jamaican bobsled team. ‚ the Jamaicans practiced on a bobsled with wheels‚ in the absence of any snow in their native land. Then they went to the winter Olympics‚ where the crowds cheered their pluck‚ if not their speed. The Jamaican national bobsleigh team represents Jamaica in international bobsledding competitions. Not only was there the novelty of having a tropical country compete in a cold-weather sport‚ but they had
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A history of Jamaica with reference to sexuality and homophobia Modern Day Jamaica with reference to sexuality and homophobia Dancehall and homophobia in Jamaica Masculinity in popular Jamaican culture Chapter 3: Methodology and limitations Case study and primary research of dancehall lyrics Evaluation of lyrics Chapter 4: Conclusion Introduction: Jamaica is known
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Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy Coming of age is a popular topic for many fiction novels. Jamaica Kincaid is an author that excels at her craft. She envelops you in the plot‚ making you feel as if you yourself are a part of the tale. Lucy portrays the life of a young woman beginning her quest for freedom. Kincaid usually focuses on the West Indian culture and Lucy is no different. As Lucy finds her way in new surroundings‚ she meets friends and copes with personal issues in her life. Her determination
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Clarisse and Alcée are Creoles‚ descendants of French or Spanish settlers in Louisiana. Calixta and Bobinôt are Acadians‚ descendants of French-American exiles from Acadia‚ Nova Scotia‚ who were driven from their homes by the British in 1755. Most of the Creoles in Chopin’s stories are comparatively wealthy‚ usually landowners or merchants. Most of the Acadians (or ‘Cajuns) in the stories are much poorer‚ living off the land‚ farming or fishing or working for the Creoles. Clarisse takes her higher
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genre of music that possesses a distinctive beat popular in Jamaica from 1969- 1983. According to Chang et al‚ the idea of “reggae music” is used to describe all Jamaican popular music that came about in 1960‚ while the term “reggae” in particular‚ categorizes the genre of music from 1969-1983. There were roughly four eras of Jamaican popular music‚ which started in 1960: Ska‚ Rocksteady‚ Reggae and Dancehall. Each era had their own distinctive beat. The ska era was from about 1960 to mid- 1966
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