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03124aam a2200409 i 4500 001 985405ECF1E611E78A18091E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180105010221 008 150330s2015 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015012661 020 $a 1107615992 020 $a 9781107615991 020 $a 1107025656 020 $a 9781107025653 035 $a (OCoLC)906295053 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d IUL $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a cc----- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/cc 050 00 $a BL2532.O23 $b P38 2015 $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/classification/BL1-BL2790 082 00 $a 299.6/7 $2 23 084 $a HIS037020 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Paton, Diana, $d 1969- $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00041277 245 14 $a The cultural politics of Obeah : $b religion, colonialism and modernity in the Caribbean world / $c Diana Paton, Newcastle University. 264 1 $a Cambridge ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2015. 300 $a xiii, 361 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Critical perspectives on empire 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-346) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- 1. The emergence of Caribbean spiritual politics -- 2. Obeah and the slave trade debates -- 3. Creole slave society, obeah, and the law -- 4. Obeah and its meanings in the post-emancipation era -- 5. Obeah in the courts, 1890-1939 -- 6. Obeah prosecutions from the inside -- 7. Protest, development, and the politics of obeah -- 8. The post-colonial politics of Obeah -- Conclusion. 520 $a "An innovative history of the politics and practice of the Caribbean spiritual healing techniques known as obeah, and its place in everyday life in the region. Spanning two centuries, the book results from extensive research on the development and implementation of anti-obeah legislation. It includes analysis of hundreds of prosecutions for obeah, and an account of the complex and multiple political meanings of obeah in Caribbean societies. Diana Paton moves beyond attempts to define and describe what obeah was, instead showing the political imperatives that often drove interpretations and discussions of it. She shows that representations of obeah were entangled with key moments in Caribbean history, from eighteenth-century slave rebellions to the formation of new nations after independence. Obeah was at the same time a crucial symbol of the Caribbean's alleged lack of modernity, a site of fear and anxiety, and a thoroughly modern and transnational practice of healing itself"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Obeah (Cult) $x Political aspects $z Caribbean Area. 650 0 $a Religion and politics $z Caribbean Area. 651 0 $a Caribbean Area $x Social conditions. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85020291 650 7 $a HISTORY / Renaissance. $2 bisacsh 830 0 $a Critical perspectives on empire. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008064096 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214012229.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=985405ECF1E611E78A18091E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search