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The cultural politics of Obeah :

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1107025656

(Number (ISBN

1107615992

(Number (ISBN

9781107025653

(Number (ISBN

9781107615991

Erroneous ISBN

9781316354919

Title Proper

The cultural politics of Obeah :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

religion, colonialism and modernity in the Caribbean world /

First Statement of Responsibility

Diana Paton, Newcastle University.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2015.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 361 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm.

Series Title

Critical perspectives on empire

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-346) and index.

Text of Note

Introduction -- 1. The emergence of Caribbean spiritual politics -- 2. Obeah and the slave trade debates -- 3. Creole slave society, obeah, and the law -- 4. Obeah and its meanings in the post-emancipation era -- 5. Obeah in the courts, 1890-1939 -- 6. Obeah prosecutions from the inside -- 7. Protest, development, and the politics of obeah -- 8. The post-colonial politics of Obeah -- Conclusion.

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Text of Note

"An innovative history of the politics and practice of the Caribbean spiritual healing techniques known as obeah, and its place in everyday life in the region. Spanning two centuries, the book results from extensive research on the development and implementation of anti-obeah legislation. It includes analysis of hundreds of prosecutions for obeah, and an account of the complex and multiple political meanings of obeah in Caribbean societies. Diana Paton moves beyond attempts to define and describe what obeah was, instead showing the political imperatives that often drove interpretations and discussions of it. She shows that representations of obeah were entangled with key moments in Caribbean history, from eighteenth-century slave rebellions to the formation of new nations after independence. Obeah was at the same time a crucial symbol of the Caribbean's alleged lack of modernity, a site of fear and anxiety, and a thoroughly modern and transnational practice of healing itself"--

International Standard Book Number

9781316354919

Obeah (Cult)-- Political aspects-- Caribbean Area.

Religion and politics-- Caribbean Area.

Afroamerikanischer Synkretismus

HISTORY-- Renaissance.

Kolonialismus

Obeah

Religion and politics.

Religionspolitik

Social conditions.

Verfolgung

Caribbean Area, Social conditions.

Anglophone Karibik

Caribbean Area.

Guyana

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Edition

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Paton, Diana,1969-

Date of Transaction

20200822150522.0

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[Book]

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