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Hosay Trinidad - Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora (Paperback)
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Hosay Trinidad Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora
Frank J. Korom ""Hosay Trinidad" should be considered a great
publishing achievement. It is a "livre de chevet," a must for
scholars of Caribbean studies, anthropology, and the performing
arts."--"History of Religions" ""Hosay Trinidad" contributes
substantially to the anthropology of contemporary identity politics
as well as to the study of 'boundaries' which has come to play a
key role in important new lines of scholarship across the social
sciences."--"Anthropos" "The book is free of jargon and recommended
for anyone with an interest in contemporary interreligious issues,
the possibilities within local Islamic cultures . . ., and
questions of identity formation in a multicultural and
multireligious society."--"Religious Studies Review" The
multivocalic rite known as Hosay in the Caribbean developed out of
earlier practices originating in Iraq and Iran which diffused to
Trinidad by way of South Asian indentured laborers brought to the
Caribbean by the British from the mid-1800s to the early decades of
the twentieth century. The rituals are important as a Shi'i
religious observance, but they also are emblems of ethnic and
national identity for Indo-Trinidadians. Frank Korom investigates
the essential role of Hosay in the performance of multiple
identities by historically and ethnographically situating the event
in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Caribbean contexts. "Hosay
Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora" is
the first detailed historical and ethnographic study of Islamic
muharram rituals performed on the island of Trinidad. Korom's
central argument is that the annual rite is a polyphonic discourse
that is best understood by employing multiple levels of
interpretation. On the symbolic level the observance provides
esoteric meaning to a small community of Indo-Trinidadian Muslims.
On another level, it is perceived to be representative of
"transplanted" Indian culture as a whole. Finally, the rituals are
becoming emblematic of Trinidad's polyethnic population. Addressing
strategies used to resist integration and assimilation, "Hosay
Trinidad" is engaged with theories concerning the notion of
cultural creolization in the Caribbean as well as in the general
study of global diasporas. Frank J. Korom teaches religion and
anthropology at Boston University. He is coeditor of "Gender,
Genre, and Power in South Asian Expressive Traditions," also
available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. 2002 320 pages
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 31 illus. ISBN 978-0-8122-3683-5 Cloth $79.95s 52.00
ISBN 978-0-8122-1825-1 Paper $28.95s 19.00 World Rights
Anthropology Short copy: ""Hosay Trinidad" contributes
substantially to the anthropology of contemporary identity politics
as well as to the study of 'boundaries' which has come to play a
key role in important new lines of scholarship across the social
sciences."--"Anthropos"
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