PLANTATION SOCIETY

Which theorist wrote about plantation society

George beckford

What is plantation society

It is characteristic of the period of slavery and therefore representative of a distinct aspect of our past

NOTE

Modern society is seen as a replica of the plantation system. Structural forms “are a direct legacy of the slave plantation system

What did Lloyd Braithwaite critique about the planation society

• every society is pluralistic in some form, thus being distinguishable by cultural groupings

• Manufacturing, tourism, and service industries are now widely developed and play a greater role in GDP than agricultural production export.

What theorist wrote about the plural society

MG SMITH

What is the plural society

conflict theory presenting society as being divided by culture rather than race, white culture, black culture, and brown culture

Plural society

The groups ‘mix but do not combine’. They share the same geographical space but do not share the same institutions and values

What are the critiques of plural society

Though Smith identified his theory as a conflict perspective, he failed to show the direction of the conflict.

What theorist wrote Class society

Carl Stone

: Lloyd Braithwaite

he stated that value system in which factors such as colour, physical appearance and family name were important

What theorist wrote creolization

Kamau Brathwaite

What is creolization

Creolization implies the process where distinct cultures from the Old World (Africa, Europe) are merged and redefined in the New World.

Acculturation

Transference from “African” culture to “European” culture took place either: By force (fear of punishment, torture), by bribe (gift, compliment or offer of promotion) or by imitation of the master

Interculturation

Regarded as accidental, unplanned, and unstructured.

What are the critiques of creolization

The theory ignores the evidence that aspects of African culture have been retained in Caribbean society. It fails to examine the importance of cultures external to Europe and Africa in defining the Caribbean

E. Franklin Frazier - African retention

argued that black people only had “scraps of memories, which form only an insignificant part of the growing body of traditions in the Negro families”

Survival- African retention

Distinct African practices remain

Syncretism

African culture remaining though in a diluted form due to the influences of the European culture. The practices however remain distinctly African

Reinterpretation

Cultural practices on the surface do not reflect their African origins having been redefined by the European influences.

What theorist wrote about family

George Murdock