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Trance and modernity in the southern Caribbean : African and Hindu popular religions in Trinidad and Tobago /

The first book-length work to compare and contrast Afro- and Indo-Caribbean materials in a systematic and multidimensional manner, this volume makes fresh and innovative contributions to anthropology, religious studies, and the historiography of modernity. By giving both religious subcultures and th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McNeal, Keith E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2011.
Colección:New World diasporas series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cvr; Table of Contents vii; List of Figures ix; Acknowledgments xi; Prologue: Ecstasy 1; 1 Catching Power, Playing Deep 15; 2 Hierarchy and Heterodoxy in a Maze of Color 46; 3 Serving the Orishas 90; 4 Doing the Mother's Work 148; 5 Sides and Paths 205; 6 Religion and the Politics of Diaspora in an Era of Postcolonial Multiculturalism 259; Epilogue: Ecstasy in Exile 311; Appendix 323; Notes 327; Bibliography 341; Index 371.