Trance and Modernity in the Southern Caribbean: African and Hindu Popular Religions in Trinidad and Tobago

by Keith E. McNeal

Book Overview

"Provides us with a masterful account of how socially marginalized segments of the African and Indian communities of Trinidad and Tobago developed trance-based religious cults linked with differing cultural heritages. Penetrating deeply into these two different communities with his careful fieldwork, he then places them within a brilliant account of the overall cultural history of this island nation."--Paul Younger, author of New Homelands: Hindu...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813061369
• ISBN13: 9780813061368
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"