Author

Publication

2021-07-13 - Harvard University Press

Language

English

Word Count

60,000 words, Guess

Page Count

240 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCF1628.8.K46 2021

Description

"Aisha Khan examines two cultural phenomena of colonized laborers in the West Indies: the "African" supernatural practice of obeah and the "Indian" mourning festival of Hosay. The British criminalized both, establishing hierarchies through racial and religious identities still relevant to postcolonial power dynamics, as well as justice movements"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Deepest Dye: Obeah, Hosay, and Race in the Atlantic WorldHardcoverHarvard University Press2021-07-13

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