The Deepest Dye
Obeah, Hosay, and Race in the Atlantic World
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Word Count
60,000 words, Guess
Page Count
240 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL32790325M
- ISBN-139780674987821
- ISBN-100674987829
- OCLC Control Number1198016735
- Library of Congress Control Number2020047204
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"--
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- The Deepest Dye: Obeah, Hosay, and Race in the Atlantic World
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