Hosay Trinidad : Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora.
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- 9780812202526
- 297.3/6
- BP194.5.T4 -- K67 2003eb
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- A Note on Orthography -- Introduction -- 1. Orientations and Overview -- 2. Muharram Rituals in Iran: Past and Present -- 3. The Passage of Rites to South Asia -- 4. Onward to the Caribbean -- 5. Building the Tadjah, Constructing Community -- 6. Conclusion: Maintenance and Transformation via Cultural Creolization -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
"Hosay Trinidad contributes substantially to the anthropology of contemporary identity politics as well as to the study of 'boundaries' which has come to play a key role in important new lines of scholarship across the social sciences."--Anthropos.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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