Enacting Power: The Criminalization of Obeah in the Anglophone Caribbean, 1760-2011 - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jerome S. Handler, Kenneth M. BilbyPublish date:2012-11-08Pages:186
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of the West Indies PressISBN-13:9789766403157ISBN-10:9766403155UPC:9789766403157Book Category:History, Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Caribbean & West Indies, Folk & Tribal, AnthropologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:2.70 x 1.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCMPFQQJNC
Enacting Power: The Criminalization of Obeah in the Anglophone Caribbean, 1760-2011
More than two and a half centuries after it was first outlawed in Jamaica in 1760, obeah remains illegal in most territories of the former British West Indies. Yet, opinions on the meaning and essential nature of this controversial Afro-Caribbean spiritual phenomenon vary widely. While many contemporary West Indians hold negative views of obeah, viewing it as evil witchcraft or sorcery, others...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of the West Indies PressISBN-13:9789766403157ISBN-10:9766403155UPC:9789766403157Book Category:History, Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Caribbean & West Indies, Folk & Tribal, AnthropologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:2.70 x 1.50 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCMPFQQJNC
Handler, Jerome S.: - Jerome S. Handler is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Black American Studies, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and currently Senior Scholar, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a historical anthropologist with many years' experience in the anglophone Caribbean, particularly Barbados. His publications include The...
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