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- 8.3 Religious Idiom in Cultural Contestations in Recent Times
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- References -- 6 Sex-Ratio Disparity and Marriage: Erasures and Reconstitutions -- 6.1 Erasures and Disintegration -- 6.1.1 Sex-Ratio Disparity and Its Consequences -- 6.1.2 Non-recognition of Hindu and Muslim Marriages -- 6.2 The Re-Institutionalisation of Marriage -- 6.3 Endogamy: Challenge and Response -- 6.3.1 Inter-caste and Intra-varna Marriages -- 6.3.2 Religious Endogamy -- 6.3.3 Racial Endogamy -- 6.4 The Marriage Rites and Rituals -- 6.4.1 Marriage Among Hindus -- 6.4.2 Marriage Among Muslims -- 6.4.3 Marriage Among Presbyterians -- 6.4.4 Polygamy, Extra-Marital Relations, and Infidelity
- References -- 7 Family, Kinship, and Gender Relations: Erasures and Reconstitutions -- 7.1 Family and Household -- 7.2 Kinship -- 7.2.1 Kinship Terminology -- 7.2.2 Inheritance -- 7.3 Status of Woman and Gender Relations -- 7.3.1 De-constitution of Patriarchy -- 7.3.2 Re-constitution of Patriarchy -- 7.3.3 Challenges to Patriarchy -- References -- 8 Religion, Ethnic Protest, and Cultural Contestation -- 8.1 Encounter with Christianity -- 8.2 Religion as Protest -- 8.2.1 Firepass Ceremony -- 8.2.2 Hosay (Muharram) -- 8.2.3 Temple in the Sea
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- Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Photographs -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Prelude to the Arrival of Indians: A Brief Social History of Trinidad -- 1.2 Understanding the Making of a Girmitiya Diaspora -- 1.3 Metamorphosis as an Analytical Device -- References -- 2 Indentured Migration to Trinidad: Recruitment, Journey, and Life in the Estate -- 2.1 Recruitment of Labourers -- 2.1.1 The System -- 2.1.2 Catchment Area -- 2.1.3 The Push to Emigration -- 2.2 The Passage -- 2.2.1 Emigration Depot -- 2.2.2 The Ships
- 2.2.3 The Voyage -- 2.2.4 The Arrival -- 2.3 Life in the Estate -- References -- 3 Settlement and Community Formation -- 3.1 The Evolution of a Girmitiya Diasporic Community -- 3.1.1 Population: The Settlers -- 3.1.2 Land: The Settlements -- 3.1.3 Economic Activities: The Material Basis for Settlement -- 3.2 Village Community -- References -- 4 Ethnicity and Ethnic Mobilisation -- 4.1 Resistance, Racial Animosity, and Cultural Resilience -- 4.1.1 Resistance and Struggle -- 4.1.2 Racial Animosity and Ethnicity -- 4.1.3 Cultural Resilience and Ethnicity
- 4.2 Representation of Ethnic Interests: Leadership, Associations, and the Print Media -- 4.2.1 Village Community, Panchayats, and Local Leadership -- 4.2.2 Ethnic Organisations and National Leadership -- 4.2.3 The Early Indian Print Media -- 4.3 Indians and the Labour Struggles, 1919-1939 and Beyond -- References -- 5 Elections and the Politicisation of Race and Ethnicity -- 5.1 Introduction of Universal Adult Suffrage -- 5.2 The Run Up to Independence -- 5.3 The First Two Decades of Independence, 1961-1981 -- 5.4 The Alliance Experiment, 1981-1991 -- 5.5 Panday's Pathway to Power, 1991-1995
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- 10.1007/978-981-19-3367-7
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- om2088123865
- Author
Jayaram, N.
- Title
From Indians in Trinidad to Indo-Trinidadians : the making of a Girmitiya diaspora / N. Jayaram.
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Singapore : Springer, 2022.
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GeoJournal library
GeoJournal library.
- Bibliography
References -- 6 Sex-Ratio Disparity and Marriage: Erasures and Reconstitutions -- 6.1 Erasures and Disintegration -- 6.1.1 Sex-Ratio Disparity and Its Consequences -- 6.1.2 Non-recognition of Hindu and Muslim Marriages -- 6.2 The Re-Institutionalisation of Marriage -- 6.3 Endogamy: Challenge and Response -- 6.3.1 Inter-caste and Intra-varna Marriages -- 6.3.2 Religious Endogamy -- 6.3.3 Racial Endogamy -- 6.4 The Marriage Rites and Rituals -- 6.4.1 Marriage Among Hindus -- 6.4.2 Marriage Among Muslims -- 6.4.3 Marriage Among Presbyterians -- 6.4.4 Polygamy, Extra-Marital Relations, and Infidelity
References -- 7 Family, Kinship, and Gender Relations: Erasures and Reconstitutions -- 7.1 Family and Household -- 7.2 Kinship -- 7.2.1 Kinship Terminology -- 7.2.2 Inheritance -- 7.3 Status of Woman and Gender Relations -- 7.3.1 De-constitution of Patriarchy -- 7.3.2 Re-constitution of Patriarchy -- 7.3.3 Challenges to Patriarchy -- References -- 8 Religion, Ethnic Protest, and Cultural Contestation -- 8.1 Encounter with Christianity -- 8.2 Religion as Protest -- 8.2.1 Firepass Ceremony -- 8.2.2 Hosay (Muharram) -- 8.2.3 Temple in the Sea
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
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Print version: Jayaram, N. From Indians in Trinidad to Indo-Trinidadians Singapore : Springer,c2022 9789811933660
Print version: Jayaram, N., 1950- author. From Indians in Trinidad to Indo-Trinidadians 9789811933660
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