Nation dance [electronic resource] : religion, identity, and cultural difference in the Caribbean / edited by Patrick Taylor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Patrick, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnicity--Caribbean Area.

Ethnicity.

Religion and culture--Caribbean Area.

Religion and culture.

Caribbean Area--Religion.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nation DanceReligion, Identity, and Cultural Difference in the CaribbeanEdited by Patrick TaylorAddresses the interplay of diverse spiritual, religious, and cultural traditions across the Caribbean.Dealing with the ongoing interaction of rich and diverse cultural traditions from Cuba and Jamaica to Guyana and Surinam, Nation Dance addresses some of the major contemporary issues in the study of Caribbean religion and identity. The book's three sections move from a focus on spiri

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Dancing the Nation: An Introduction; I: Spirituality, Healing, and the Divine; 1 Across the Waters: Practitioners Speak; 2 How Shall We Sing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land? Constructing the Divine in Caribbean Contexts; 3 Communicating with Our Gods: The Language of Winti; 4 The Intersemiotics of Obeah and Kali Mai in Guyana; 5 Religions of African Origin in Cuba: A Gender Perspective; II: Theology, Society, and Politics; 6 Sheba's Song: The Bible, the Kebra Nagast, and the Rastafari; 7 Themes from West Indian Church History in Colonial and Post-colonial Times

8 Congregationalism and Afro-Guianese Autonomy9 Eden after Eve: Christian Fundamentalism and Women in Barbados; 10 Current Evolution of Relations between Religion and Politics in Haiti; III: Religion, Identity, and Diaspora; 11 Jamaican Diasporic Identity: The Metaphor of Yaad; 12 Identity, Personhood, and Religion in Caribbean Context; 13 Sanfancon: Orientalism, Self-Orientalization, and Chinese ReligionŽ in Cuba; 14 The Diasporic Mo(ve)ment: Indentureship and Indo-Caribbean Identity; Caribbean Religions: A Supplementary Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-205) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612066054

1-282-06605-6

0-253-10858-6

OCLC:

437248618