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Critical Perspectives on Empire Ser.: The Cultural Politics of Obeah : Religion, Colonialism and Modernity in the Caribbean World by Diana Paton (2017, Trade Paperback)

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An innovative history of the politics and practice of the Caribbean spiritual healing techniques known as obeah and their place in everyday life in the region. Spanning two centuries, the book results from extensive research on the development and implementation of anti-obeah legislation. It includes analysis of hundreds of prosecutions for obeah, and an account of the complex and multiple political meanings of obeah in Caribbean societies. Diana Paton moves beyond attempts to define and describe what obeah was, instead showing the political imperatives that often drove interpretations and discussions of it. She shows that representations of obeah were entangled with key moments in Caribbean history, from eighteenth-century slave rebellions to the formation of new nations after independence. Obeah was at the same time a crucial symbol of the Caribbean's alleged lack of modernity, a site of fear and anxiety, and a thoroughly modern and transnational practice of healing itself.

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Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1107615992
ISBN-13
9781107615991
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Author
Diana Paton
Publication Name
Cultural Politics of Obeah : Religion, Colonialism and Modernity in the Caribbean World
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
Critical Perspectives on Empire Ser.
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
375 Pages

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9.1in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
20.2 Oz

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Bl2532.O23p38 2015
Reviews
"Obeah is usually seen as an exotic and frightening phenomenon that sharply differentiates a spiritually and politically regressive Caribbean from the modern world. But obeah, as Diana Paton informs us in this sparkling, wide-ranging and multifaceted book, was much more than this. Her insightful and gracefully written book helps us understand not just obeah as the ritual manipulation of spiritual power, but transforms our understanding of the multiple cultural meanings of this religious practice within Anglophone Caribbean society from slavery days to the present." Trevor Burnard, University of Melbourne
Table of Content
Introduction; 1. The emergence of Caribbean spiritual politics; 2. Obeah and the slave-trade debates; 3. Creole slave society, obeah, and the law; 4. Obeah and its meanings in the post-emancipation era; 5. Obeah in the courts, 1890-1939; 6. Obeah prosecutions from the inside; 7. Protest, development, and the politics of obeah; 8. The postcolonial politics of obeah; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Sociology / General, Europe / Renaissance, Religion, Politics & State, Cults
Lccn
2015-012661
Dewey Decimal
299.6/7
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Religion, History, Social Science

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