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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Khan, Aisha, 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
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
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A parallax view
  • Plantations and climates of crisis
  • The performance of shadows
  • The trials of Obeah today
  • The spirit of Hosay today
  • Identifications.

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