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Trance and modernity in the southern Caribbean : African and Hindu popular religions in Trinidad and Tobago / Keith E. McNeal.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New World diasporas seriesPublication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 388 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780813040424
  • 0813040426
  • 9780813042121
  • 0813042127
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Trance and modernity in the southern Caribbean.DDC classification:
  • 200.972983 23
LOC classification:
  • BL2566.T7 M36 2011eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cvr; Table of Contents vii; List of Figures ix; Acknowledgments xi; Prologue: Ecstasy 1; 1 Catching Power, Playing Deep 15; 2 Hierarchy and Heterodoxy in a Maze of Color 46; 3 Serving the Orishas 90; 4 Doing the Mother's Work 148; 5 Sides and Paths 205; 6 Religion and the Politics of Diaspora in an Era of Postcolonial Multiculturalism 259; Epilogue: Ecstasy in Exile 311; Appendix 323; Notes 327; Bibliography 341; Index 371.
Summary: The first book-length work to compare and contrast Afro- and Indo-Caribbean materials in a systematic and multidimensional manner, this volume makes fresh and innovative contributions to anthropology, religious studies, and the historiography of modernity. By giving both religious subcultures and their intersections equal attention, McNeal offers a richly textured account of southern Caribbean cultural history and pursues important questions about the history and future of religion.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-369) and index.

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The first book-length work to compare and contrast Afro- and Indo-Caribbean materials in a systematic and multidimensional manner, this volume makes fresh and innovative contributions to anthropology, religious studies, and the historiography of modernity. By giving both religious subcultures and their intersections equal attention, McNeal offers a richly textured account of southern Caribbean cultural history and pursues important questions about the history and future of religion.

Cvr; Table of Contents vii; List of Figures ix; Acknowledgments xi; Prologue: Ecstasy 1; 1 Catching Power, Playing Deep 15; 2 Hierarchy and Heterodoxy in a Maze of Color 46; 3 Serving the Orishas 90; 4 Doing the Mother's Work 148; 5 Sides and Paths 205; 6 Religion and the Politics of Diaspora in an Era of Postcolonial Multiculturalism 259; Epilogue: Ecstasy in Exile 311; Appendix 323; Notes 327; Bibliography 341; Index 371.