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The cultural politics of Obeah : religion, colonialism and modernity in the Caribbean world /
"An innovative history of the politics and practice of the Caribbean spiritual healing techniques known as obeah, and its place in everyday life in the region. Spanning two centuries, the book results from extensive research on the development and implementation of anti-obeah legislation. It in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Colección: | Critical perspectives on empire.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "An innovative history of the politics and practice of the Caribbean spiritual healing techniques known as obeah, and its place in everyday life in the region. Spanning two centuries, the book results from extensive research on the development and implementation of anti-obeah legislation. It includes analysis of hundreds of prosecutions for obeah, and an account of the complex and multiple political meanings of obeah in Caribbean societies. Diana Paton moves beyond attempts to define and describe what obeah was, instead showing the political imperatives that often drove interpretations and discussions of it. She shows that representations of obeah were entangled with key moments in Caribbean history, from eighteenth-century slave rebellions to the formation of new nations after independence. Obeah was at the same time a crucial symbol of the Caribbean's alleged lack of modernity, a site of fear and anxiety, and a thoroughly modern and transnational practice of healing itself"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 361 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-346) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139198417 1139198416 9781316357910 1316357910 1316363317 9781316363317 1316364313 9781316364314 1316362310 9781316362310 1316354911 9781316354919 1316361314 9781316361313 |