The Ramayana tradition and socio-religious change in Trinidad, 1917-1990 [electronic resource] / Sherry-Ann Singh.
Publication details: Kingston ; Miami : Ian Randle Publishers, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (x, 323 p.)ISBN:- 9789766376673 (electronic bk.)
- 9766376670 (electronic bk.)
- Hinduism -- Trinidad and Tobago -- History -- 20th century
- Social change -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism -- History -- 20th century
- Social change -- Trinidad and Tobago -- History -- 20th century
- Hindus -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa
- Trinidad and Tobago -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Trinidad and Tobago -- Religious life and customs
- RELIGION / Hinduism / History
- 294.50972983 23
- BL1168.T753 S57 2012eb
Based on author's doctoral thesis, University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, 2005.
Socio-religious change, 1917-45 -- The Ramayana tradition -- The Hindu textual tradition -- Socio-religious change, 1945-90 : the private domain -- Socio-religious change, 1945-90 : the public domain.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-312) and index.
Explores Hindu thought and practice in Trinidad and charts the evolution of a significant section of the Indian diaspora, using the most popular Hindu religious text in Trinidad, the Ramayana.
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