Obeah and the Politics of Religion's Making and Unmaking in Colonial Trinidad

This article investigates the practices of itinerant Indian Trinidadian ritual specialists, sadhus and priests, and their contestations with colonial institutions over the definition of their practices. It examines on the one hand Indians' norm-bending healing and spirit working, often construe...

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Published in:Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Main Author: Rocklin, Alexander (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2015]
In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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