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Singh, Sherry-Ann.

The Ramayana tradition and socio-religious change in Trinidad, 1917-1990 / Sherry-Ann Singh. - Kingston ; Miami : Ian Randle Publishers, 2012. - 1 online resource (x, 323 pages)

Based on author's doctoral thesis, University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-312) and index.

Socio-religious change, 1917-45 -- The Ramayana tradition -- The Hindu textual tradition -- Socio-religious change, 1945-90 : the private domain -- Socio-religious change, 1945-90 : the public domain.

Explores Hindu thought and practice in Trinidad and charts the evolution of a significant section of the Indian diaspora, using the most popular Hindu religious text in Trinidad, the Ramayana.


English.

ISBN: 9789766376673 9766376670

Subjects--Personal Names:
Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Rāmāyaṇa (Vālmīki)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900-1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hinduism--History--Trinidad and Tobago--20th century.
Social change--Religious aspects--Hinduism--History--20th century.
Social change--History--Trinidad and Tobago--20th century.
Hindus--Social conditions--Trinidad and Tobago--20th century.
Hindouisme--Histoire--Trinité-et-Tobago--20e siècle.
Hindous--Conditions sociales--Trinité-et-Tobago--20e siècle.
RELIGION--Hinduism--History.
Social change--Religious aspects--Hinduism
Hinduism
Hindus--Social conditions
Social change
Social conditions

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Trinidad and Tobago--Social conditions--20th century.
Trinidad and Tobago--Religious life and customs.
Trinité-et-Tobago--Conditions sociales--20e siècle.
Trinité-et-Tobago--Vie religieuse.
Trinidad and Tobago

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History

LC Class. No.: BL1168.T753 / S57 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 294.50972983