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.
Temas:
Obeah (Cult)
Tenth of Muḥarram.
Postcolonialism > West Indies.
Identification (Religion)
Obi (Culte)
10 muḥarram.
Postcolonialisme > Antilles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
British colonies
Civilization > European influences
Postcolonialism
Race relations
Tenth of Muḥarram
West Indies > Race relations.
West Indies > Civilization > European influences.
West Indies > Religious life and customs.
Great Britain > Colonies > America.
Antilles > Relations raciales.
Antilles > Vie religieuse.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Amérique.
America
West Indies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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
0674259300

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