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From Indians in Trinidad to Indo-Trinidadians The Making of a Girmitiya Diaspora
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From Indians in Trinidad to Indo-Trinidadians [electronic resource] : The Making of a Girmitiya Diaspora / by N. Jayaram.
ISBN
9789811933677
Edition
1st ed. 2022.
Publication
Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XXIV, 313 p.) 16 illus., 9 illus. in color.
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Summary
This book explores the dynamics of the socio-cultural baggage that Indian indentured migrants took with them to the Caribbean island of Trinidad and how they have since become a vibrant diaspora community, namely the Indo-Trinidadians. It combines social history with first-hand fieldwork data to portray human ingenuity in terms of social reconstitution and community building in a hostile socio-cultural environment. Furthermore, it addresses key social institutions-religion, caste, and family-and cultural elements-language, foodways, and ethnicity. Its analytical framework is guided by the concept of metamorphosis; it steers clear of the persistence versus change hypotheses. Given its focus, it will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology, social anthropology, history, and migration and diaspora studies.
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Language
English
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September 23, 2022
Series
Urban Perspectives from the Global South,
Contents
Introduction
Indentured Migration to Trinidad: Recruitment, Journey, and Life in the Estate
Settlement and Community Formation
Ethnicity and Ethnic Mobilisation
Elections and the Politicisation of Race and Ethnicity
Sex-Ratio Disparity and Marriage: Erasures and Reconstitutions
Family, Kinship, and Gender Relations: Erasures and Reconstitutions
Religion, Ethnic Protest, and Cultural Contestation
Religion and Society I: Trinidad Hinduism
Religion and Society II: Presbyterianism, Islam, and Syncretic Practices
Culture and the Community: Language and Foodways
Conclusion.
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