The cultural politics of Obeah: religion, colonialism and modernity in the Caribbean world
Machine generated contents 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 th...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge New York Port Melbourne Delhi
Cambridge University Press
[2017]
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Edition: | First paperback edition |
| Series/Journal: | Critical perspectives on empire
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Karibik
/ Anglophone Karibik
/ Colonialism
/ Afro-American syncretism
/ Obeah
/ Religious policy
/ Persecution
B Anglophone Karibik / Colonialism / Afro-American syncretism / Obeah / Religious policy / Persecution |
| Further subjects: | B
Caribbean Area
Social conditions
B Obeah (Cult) Political aspects Caribbean Area B Religion And Politics Caribbean Area B Renaissance / HISTORY |
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