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03848aam a2200457 i 4500 001 237703A02E9411E9B5CB1E4197128E48 003 SILO 005 20190212010150 008 171208t20182018msuaf b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2017058597 020 $a 1496818040 020 $a 9781496818041 035 $a (OCoLC)1011219637 040 $a MsSM/DLC/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d IUL $d OBE $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a s-gy--- $a nwtr--- $a s-gy--- 050 00 $a F2191.E27 $b R37 2018 082 00 $a 972.9/004914 $2 23 100 1 $a Ramsaran, Dave, $e author. 245 10 $a Caribbean masala : $b Indian identity in Guyana and Trinidad / $c Dave Ramsaran and Linden F. Lewis. 264 1 $a Jackson : $b University Press of Mississippi, $c [2018] 300 $a vii, 169 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Caribbean studies series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-165) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Theoretical and historical sketches of Guyana and Trinidad -- Race, creolization, globalization, and public policy in Trinidad -- "Dig dutty" : the practice of Matikor among Hindus in Guyana and Trinidad -- Indo-Guyanese men : negotiating race and masculinity in contemporary Guyana -- The "new Indian man" : notions of masculinity among Indo-Trinidadian men -- Conclusion. 520 $a "Certain historical and social forces brought disparate groups of people to the Caribbean, in some cases, under extreme oppression. In 1833, the abolition of slavery in the British Empire led to the import of exploited South Asian indentured workers in the Caribbean. Through subsequent generations, Linden Lewis and Dave Ramsaran concentrate on the Indian descendants' processes of mixing, assimilating, and adapting in the Caribbean, while trying desperately to hold on to that which marks a group of people as distinct. In some ways, the lived experience of the South Asian community in Guyana and Trinidad represents a cultural contradiction of belonging and not belonging. In other parts of the Caribbean, South Asian people seem so absorbed by the more dominant African culture and through marriage that the issue of Indo-Caribbean heritage is often not as fraught. Much needs to be written on the Indo-Caribbean. In this collaboration based on focus groups, in-depth interviews, and observation, sociologists Lewis and Ramsaran lay out cultural context within which to develop a broader view of Indians in Guyana and Trinidad, now a majority in both countries. They address issues of race and ethnicity, but move beyond these familiar aspects to track such factors as ritual, gender, family, daily life, and the challenges of modernity. Lewis and Ramsaran gauge not only an unrelenting process of assimilative creolization on these descendants of India, but also the resilience of this culture in the face of modernization and globalization."--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Group identity $z Caribbean Area. 650 0 $a East Indians $z Trinidad $z Trinidad $x History. 650 0 $a East Indians $z Guyana $x History. 650 7 $a East Indians. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00901060 650 7 $a Group identity. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00948442 651 7 $a Caribbean Area. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01244080 651 7 $a Guyana. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208722 651 7 $a Trinidad and Tobago $z Trinidad. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01211576 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Lewis, Linden, $d 1953- $e author. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Ramsaran, Dave. $t Caribbean masala. $d Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018] $z 9781496818058 $w (DLC) 2018000677 830 0 $a Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.) 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211021447.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=237703A02E9411E9B5CB1E4197128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search