“Provides us with a masterful account of how socially marginalized segments of the African and Indian communities of Trinidad and Tobago developed trance-based religious cults linked with differing cultural heritages. Penetrating deeply into these two different communities with his careful fieldwork; he then places them within a brilliant account of the overall cultural history of this island nation.â€â€”Paul Younger; author of New Homelands: Hindu Communities in Mauritius; Guyana; Trinidad; South Africa; Fiji; and East AfricaThis comparative study of African and Hindu popular religions in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago charts the development of religion in the Caribbean by analyzing the ways ecstatic forms of worship; enacted through trance performance and spirit mediumship; have adapted to capitalism and reconfigured themselves within the context of modernity.
#1152247 in Books 1995-05-20Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.56 x .23 x 11.03l; .53 #File Name: 081301352664 pages
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