Nation Dance: Religion, Identity, and Cultural Difference in the CaribbeanPatrick Taylor Dealing with the ongoing interaction of rich and diverse cultural traditions from Cuba and Jamaica to Guyana and Surinam, Nation Dance addresses some of the major contemporary issues in the study of Caribbean religion and identity. The book's three sections move from a focus on spirituality and healing, to theology in social and political context, and on to questions of identity and diaspora. |
Contents
Eva Fernandez Bravo Yvonne B Drakes and Deloris Seiveright | 17 |
How Shall We Sing the Lords Song in a Strange Land? | 25 |
The Language of Winti | 32 |
The Intersemiotics of Obeah and Kali Mai in Guyana | 40 |
A Gender Perspective | 54 |
The Bible the Kebra Nagast and the Rastafari | 65 |
Themes from West Indian Church History in Colonial | 79 |
Congregationalism and AfroGuianese Autonomy | 89 |
Current Evolution of Relations between Religion | 118 |
The Metaphor of Yaad | 129 |
Identity Personhood and Religion in Caribbean Context | 138 |
Orientalism SelfOrientalization and Chinese | 153 |
Indentureship and IndoCaribbean | 171 |
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CONTRIBUTORS | 207 |
Christian Fundamentalism and Women | 104 |
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Nation Dance: Religion, Identity, and Cultural Difference in the Caribbean Patrick Taylor Limited preview - 2001 |
Nation Dance: Religion, Identity, and Cultural Difference in the Caribbean Patrick Taylor Limited preview - 2001 |