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The deepest dye : Obeah, Hosay, and race in the Atlantic world /

"Aisha Khan examines two cultural phenomena of colonized laborers in the West Indies: the "African" supernatural practice of obeah and the "Indian" mourning festival of Hosay. The British criminalized both, establishing hierarchies through racial and religious identities sti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Khan, Aisha, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Aisha Khan examines two cultural phenomena of colonized laborers in the West Indies: the "African" supernatural practice of obeah and the "Indian" mourning festival of Hosay. The British criminalized both, establishing hierarchies through racial and religious identities still relevant to postcolonial power dynamics, as well as justice movements"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (223 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674259300
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