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    32. Public Discourse, Popular Culture and Attitudes Towards Homosexuals in Jamaica

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Cowell,Noel M. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Mar 2011
    Published:
    Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Social and Economic Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    60(1) : 31-60
    Notes:
    Uses data from a sample of working age Jamaicans to explore dimensions of their attitudes towards homosexuals. The results confirm strong negative attitudes towards homosexuals and suggested alignment with attitudes emanating from sources as distinct as the church, the state and the proponents of popular culture.

    36. Slaves and Slavery in the West Indies

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Hall,Douglas (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    1962-12-01
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Social and Economic Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    11 (4): 305-318
    Notes:
    Vol. 11, No. 4, SPECIAL NUMBER on THE CONFERENCE ON POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY IN THE BRITISH CARIBBEAN, DECEMBER, 1961 (DECEMBER, 1962), "Slavery and the plantation system rapidly developed in the British West Indies from about the middle of the 17th century. The purposes of this paper are first to discuss in some detail the essential socio-economic which beset the plantation societies there; secondly to outline the major political, social, economic, and consequences of the full emancipation of the slaves in 1838; and finally to indicate how the problems of slavery and of the post-emancipation period affect the present day." --The Author