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The Deepest Dye

Aisha Khan · 2021

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"Aisha Khan examines two cultural phenomena of colonized laborers in the West Indies: the "African" supernatural practice of obeah and the "Indian" mourning festival of Hosay. The British criminalized both, establishing hierarchies through racial and religious identities still relevant to postcolonial power dynamics, as well as justice movements"--

Book details

Year
2021
Language
English
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Editions
3
Pages
240
ISBN
9780674987821

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