Buch, Englisch, 313 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 517 g
Reihe: GeoJournal Library
The Making of a Girmitiya Diaspora
Buch, Englisch, 313 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 517 g
Reihe: GeoJournal Library
ISBN: 978-981-19-3369-1
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
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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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.