Callaloo or Tossed Salad? : : East Indians and the Cultural Politics of Identity in Trinidad /

Callaloo or Tossed Salad? : : East Indians and the Cultural Politics of Identity in Trinidad / / Viranjini P. Munasinghe.

Callaloo or Tossed Salad? is a historical and ethnographic case study of the politics of cultural struggle between two traditionally subordinate ancestral groups in Trinidad, those claiming African and Indian descent. Viranjini Munasinghe argues that East Indians in Trinidad seek to become a legitim...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Munasinghe, Viranjini P.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2001
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.) :; 4 maps, 2 line drawings, 3 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • [1] Introduction
  • [2] Ethnicity and Nation
  • [3] Foretelling Ethnicity: East Indians between Ex-Slaves and Planters
  • [4] Situating Ethnicity: East Indians against the Nation
  • [5] To Be Ethnic in a Place in Between
  • [6] To Be Mixed Up in a Place in Between
  • [7] Nation Building within the State: Consolidating an Afro-Caribbean Nation
  • [8] Breaking the Silence: The Disintegration of Hegemonic Rule
  • [9] Redefining the National Image
  • References
  • Index

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