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Author Khan, Aisha, 1955-

Title Callaloo nation : metaphors of race and religious identity among South Asians in Trinidad / Aisha Khan.

Publication Info. Durham : Duke University Press, [2004]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.8914 K45C    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Latin America otherwise
Latin America otherwise.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-251) and index.
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 'Callaloo Nation' analyses the relationship between conceptions of racial and ethnic identity and the ways that social stratification and inequality are reproduced and experienced in Trinidad and Tobago.
Subject 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.
Other Form: Online version: Khan, Aisha, 1955- Callaloo nation. Durham : Duke University Press, c2004 (OCoLC)632064198
ISBN 0822333767 cloth alkaline paper
9780822333760 cloth alkaline paper
0822333880 paperback alkaline paper
9780822333883 paperback alkaline paper
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