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Author Khan, Aisha, 1955- author.

Title Callaloo nation : metaphors of race and religious identity among South Asians in Trinidad / Aisha Khan
Published Durham : Duke University Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 264 pages) : illustrations
Series Latin America otherwise
Latin America otherwise.
E-Duke books scholarly collection
Contents Introduction : "this rainbow has teeth" -- A "crazy quilt society" -- Locations and dislocations -- The problem of "simi-dimi" -- Carving knowledge from ways of knowing -- "No bakhti, only gyan" -- "You get honor for your knowledge" -- Conclusion : mixing metaphors -- Appendix : three generations of religious change
Summary Analyzes the relationship between conceptions of racial and ethnic identity and the ways social stratification and inequality are reproduced and experienced in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-251) and index
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Subject South Asians -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Ethnic identity
South Asians -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Religion
South Asians -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Social conditions
Hindus -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Social conditions
Islam and culture -- Trinidad and Tobago
Muslims -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Social conditions
Hinduism and culture -- Trinidad and Tobago
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Hinduism and culture.
Hindus -- Social conditions.
Islam and culture.
Manners and customs.
Muslims -- Social conditions.
Ethnische Identität
Religion
Soziale Situation
South Asians -- Ethnic identity.
Multiculturele samenlevingen.
South Asians -- Religion.
Etnische groepen.
South Asians -- Social conditions.
Aziaten.
SUBJECT Trinidad and Tobago -- Religious life and customs
Trinidad and Tobago -- Social life and customs
Subject Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad and Tobago
Südasiaten.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822386094
0822386097