From Indians in Trinidad to Indo-Trinidadians The Making of a Girmitiya Diaspora
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 por...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore
Springer Nature Singapore
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
| Series: | Urban Perspectives from the Global South
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of 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