The Deepest Dye: Obeah, Hosay, and Race in the Atlantic World - Aisha Khan - Books - Harvard University Press - 9780674987821 - July 1, 2021
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Aisha Khan
The Deepest Dye: Obeah, Hosay, and Race in the Atlantic World

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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.

224 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released July 1, 2021
ISBN13 9780674987821
Publishers Harvard University Press
Pages 240
Dimensions 243 × 163 × 25 mm   ·   498 g
Language English  

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