Any time is Trinidad time : social meanings and temporal consciousness / Kevin K. Birth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birth, Kevin K., 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad.

Ethnology.

Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad.

Time--Social aspects--Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad.

Time.

Time--Social aspects.

Time perception--Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad.

Time perception.

Cacao growers--Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad.

Cacao growers.

Trinidad--Social life and customs.

Trinidad.

Physical Description:

xiv, 190 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 1999.

Summary:

In a detailed description of how people use models of time in their daily lives, Kevin Birth explores cultural ideas of time in rural Trinidad and the feelings of cooperation and conflict that result from using different models.

Birth's study contributes to the understanding of ethnic, class, and gender relationships in the Caribbean, and it is notable for its emphasis on how individuals manipulate and manage social differences on a day-to-day basis. Using ideas of time as a lens through which to watch these divisions evolve, he explores the implications of the existence of multiple models of time on social organization.

While Birth's ethnographic cases are derived from Trinidad, they shed light on the more general issue of how people employ time to construct, manage, and even manipulate social relationships.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813017130

OCLC:

40891022