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Callaloo nation : metaphors of race and religious identity among South Asians in Trinidad /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khan, Aisha, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2004.
Series:Latin America otherwise.
Subjects:
South Asians > Trinidad and Tobago > Ethnic identity.
South Asians > Trinidad and Tobago > Religion.
South Asians > Trinidad and Tobago > Social conditions.
Muslims > Trinidad and Tobago > Social conditions.
Hindus > Trinidad and Tobago > Social conditions.
Islam and culture > Trinidad and Tobago.
Hinduism and culture > Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad and Tobago > Religious life and customs.
Trinidad and Tobago > Social life and customs.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of 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.