Pathology and Identity: The Work of Mother Earth in Trinidad
(Book #90 in the Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology Series)
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The first new religion in the Caribbean since Rastafari, the Earth People draw on West African sources, assert a renascent African identity, and celebrate female creativity. They argue that Black people are the guardians of a natural environment, which is constantly under threat from European science. In this 1993 book, Dr Littlewood, who is both a psychiatrist and a social anthropologist, criticizes received ideas about pathology and creativity...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521026156
ISBN13:9780521026154
Release Date:April 2006
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.14 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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