The Ramayana Tradition and Socio-Religious Change in Trinidad, 1917 - 1990

Nonfiction, History, Americas, Caribbean & West Indies, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Customs & Traditions, Anthropology
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Author: Sherry-Ann Singh ISBN: 1230000196199
Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers Publication: November 11, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Sherry-Ann Singh
ISBN: 1230000196199
Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers
Publication: November 11, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

Hinduism is the second largest socio-religious denomination in Trinidad and Tobago, yet much of the fundamental dimensions of Trinidad Hinduism remain undocumented and a virtual enigma for most of the non-Hindu population. In The Ramayana Tradition and Socio-Religious Change in Trinidad, 1917−1990, Sherry-Ann Singh, demystifies Hindu thought and practice in Trinidad and charts the evolution of a significant section of the Indian diaspora. 

Using the Ramayana, one of the two great epics of India, and the most popular Hindu religious text in Trinidad, Singh deconstructs the major misconceptions surrounding Trinidad Hinduism.  Rather than examining Hinduism in Trinidad as a secondary dimension of the Indian experience, Singh employs an insider’s view to unmask the socio-religious transformation of the Hindu community. The result is a pioneering exposition of the dimensions of the Ramayana tradition in Trinidad and a charting of the journey of the Hindu community from the bottom of the socio-economic ladder in 1917 at the end of Indian indentured immigration to one that was essentially integrated into the social, political and economic life of Trinidad by 1990. 

 

Sherry-Ann Singh is a Lecturer in the Department of History, University of the West Indies, St Augustine;  specialising in the social, religious, and cultural transformation among Indians in Trinidad and in the Indian Diaspora; on Hinduism and the Ramayana tradition in the Indian Diaspora; and on the Indian indenture.

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Hinduism is the second largest socio-religious denomination in Trinidad and Tobago, yet much of the fundamental dimensions of Trinidad Hinduism remain undocumented and a virtual enigma for most of the non-Hindu population. In The Ramayana Tradition and Socio-Religious Change in Trinidad, 1917−1990, Sherry-Ann Singh, demystifies Hindu thought and practice in Trinidad and charts the evolution of a significant section of the Indian diaspora. 

Using the Ramayana, one of the two great epics of India, and the most popular Hindu religious text in Trinidad, Singh deconstructs the major misconceptions surrounding Trinidad Hinduism.  Rather than examining Hinduism in Trinidad as a secondary dimension of the Indian experience, Singh employs an insider’s view to unmask the socio-religious transformation of the Hindu community. The result is a pioneering exposition of the dimensions of the Ramayana tradition in Trinidad and a charting of the journey of the Hindu community from the bottom of the socio-economic ladder in 1917 at the end of Indian indentured immigration to one that was essentially integrated into the social, political and economic life of Trinidad by 1990. 

 

Sherry-Ann Singh is a Lecturer in the Department of History, University of the West Indies, St Augustine;  specialising in the social, religious, and cultural transformation among Indians in Trinidad and in the Indian Diaspora; on Hinduism and the Ramayana tradition in the Indian Diaspora; and on the Indian indenture.

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