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Callaloo nation [electronic resource] : metaphors of race and religious identity among South Asians in Trinidad / Aisha Khan.

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Analyzes the relationship between conceptions of racial and ethnic identity and the ways social stratification and inequality are reproduced and experienced in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via Duke)
Main Author:	Khan, Aisha, 1955- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Durham : Duke University Press, ©2004.
Series:	Latin America otherwise. e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Subjects:	South Asians > Trinidad and Tobago > Ethnic identity. South Asians > Trinidad and Tobago > Religion. South Asians > Trinidad and Tobago > Social conditions. Muslims > Trinidad and Tobago > Social conditions. Hindus > Trinidad and Tobago > Social conditions. Islam and culture > Trinidad and Tobago. Hinduism and culture > Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago > Religious life and customs. Trinidad and Tobago > Social life and customs. Hinduism and culture. Hindus > Social conditions. Islam and culture. Manners and customs. Muslims > Social conditions. South Asians > Ethnic identity. South Asians > Religion. South Asians > Social conditions. Trinidad and Tobago.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : "this rainbow has teeth"
A "crazy quilt society"
Locations and dislocations
The problem of "simi-dimi"
Carving knowledge from ways of knowing
"No bakhti, only gyan"
"You get honor for your knowledge"
Conclusion : mixing metaphors
Appendix : three generations of religious change.