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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Khan, Aisha, 1955- author.     Subjects     Obeah (Cult)     Tenth of Muḥarram.     Postcolonialism -- West Indies.     Identification (Religion)     West Indies -- Race relations.     West Indies -- Civilization -- European influences.     West Indies -- Religious life and customs.     Great Britain -- Colonies -- America.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Khan, Aisha, 1955- author.       by title:      The deepest dye : ob...         MARC Display

The deepest dye : obeah, Hosay, and race in the Atlantic world / Aisha Khan. by Khan, Aisha, 1955- author. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021. Subjects Obeah (Cult)   Tenth of Muḥarram.   Postcolonialism -- West Indies.   Identification (Religion)   West Indies -- Race relations.   West Indies -- Civilization -- European influences.   West Indies -- Religious life and customs.   Great Britain -- Colonies -- America. ISBN:  9780674987821 (hardcover) : 0674987829 (hardcover) Description:  223 pages ; 25 cm Contents:  A parallax view -- Plantations and climates of crisis -- The performance of shadows -- The trials of obeah today -- The spirit of Hosay today -- Identifications. Requests:  0 Summary:  "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"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 305.80097 Kh Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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