Abstract
This ethnohistorical case study of the American, formerly Danish West Indian island of St. John examines the position of Afro-American women during a 260 year period from European colonization of the island to the present. It focuses on the system of social reproduction as it has evolved since slavery and the role of women as agents of production and reproduction, as seen against the background of the socio-economic units and exchange networks within which women have functioned. The conclusions drawn question the usefulness and validity of the concept of 'matrifocality'.
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