Hosay Trinidad Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora

Name: Hosay Trinidad Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora
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ISBN: 9780812218251

ISBN-10: 0812218256

ISBN-13: 9780812218251

Edition: 2003

Authors: Frank J. Korom

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The multivocalic rite known as Hosay in the Caribbean developed out of earlier practices originating in Iraq and Iran which diffused to Trinidad by way of South Asian indentured laborers brought to the Caribbean by the British from the mid-1800s to the early decades of the twentieth century. The rituals are important as a Shi'i religious observance, but they also are emblems of ethnic and national identity for Indo-Trinidadians. Frank Korom investigates the essential role of Hosay in the performance of multiple identities by historically and ethnographically situating the event in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Caribbean contexts. Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 10/31/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



List of Illustrations


A Note on Orthography


Introduction



Orientations and Overview



Muharram Rituals in Iran: Past and Present



The Passage of Rites to South Asia



Onward to the Caribbean



Building the Tadjah, Constructing Community



Conclusion: Maintenance and Transformation via Cultural Creolization



Epilogue


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index


Acknowledgments