This classic study of Black         Carib culture and its preservation through ancestral rituals organized         by older women now includes a foreword by Constance R. Sutton and an afterword         by the author.       "One of the outstanding         studies of this genre. . . . Refreshingly, the book has good photographs,         as well as strong endnotes and bibliography, and very useful tables, figures,         maps, and index." -- Choice       "An outstanding contribution         to the literature on female-centered bilateral kinship and residence."                 -- Grant D. Jones, American Ethnologist       "A richly detailed account         of a contemporary culture in which older women are important, valued,         and self-respecting."         -- Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly       "A combination of competent         research, interwoven themes, and an easily readable, sometimes beautifully         evocative, prose style." -- Heather Strange, The Gerontologist