Comfa Religion and Creole Language in a Caribbean CommunityState University of New York Press, 2001 M05 16 - 244 páginas Through a distinctive blend of description and analysis Kean Gibson examines the Guyanese religion known as "Comfa." Reflecting the socio-cultural history of Guyana, Comfa shows influences of European and Asian cultures and religions in an essentially African framework. Gibson compares the variation exemplified in Comfa with the Guyanese Creole language and challenges the continuum theory of Creole linguistics, which predicts that the Creole language will evolve to become English. Gibson also explores the implications of both forms of social behavior for the notion of identity in a multicultural community. |
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... African Soldier I - 10 Figure 3.11 Figure 3.12 Serial Possession 8 : An Old Amerindian Woman Serial Possession 9 : Mother Earth I - 11 I - 12 Figure 4.1 Yowa 151 Acknowledgments The research for this book was financed by the.
... African Soldier I - 10 Figure 3.11 Figure 3.12 Serial Possession 8 : An Old Amerindian Woman Serial Possession 9 : Mother Earth I - 11 I - 12 Figure 4.1 Yowa 151 Acknowledgments The research for this book was financed by the.
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... Amerindian , African , Chinese , Dutch , East Indian , English , and Spanish spirits with stereotyped personalities . We therefore need to look at the history of the ethnic composition of Guyana and the formation of racial stereotypes ...
... Amerindian , African , Chinese , Dutch , East Indian , English , and Spanish spirits with stereotyped personalities . We therefore need to look at the history of the ethnic composition of Guyana and the formation of racial stereotypes ...
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Kean Gibson. posts were attacked by a combined force of Spaniards and Amerindians who succeeded in ousting the Dutch . But the promise of trade made the Dutch persevere and they settled further inland to an island up the Essequibo called ...
Kean Gibson. posts were attacked by a combined force of Spaniards and Amerindians who succeeded in ousting the Dutch . But the promise of trade made the Dutch persevere and they settled further inland to an island up the Essequibo called ...
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... Amerindians who lived in the hinter- land and outside the plantation society ( Moore 1995 , 7 ) . With the abolition of slavery more than half the plantation workforce moved off the plantations and formed villages , becoming small ...
... Amerindians who lived in the hinter- land and outside the plantation society ( Moore 1995 , 7 ) . With the abolition of slavery more than half the plantation workforce moved off the plantations and formed villages , becoming small ...
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... Amerindian 39,867 Portuguese 2,975 Chinese 1,842 White 770 Syr / Leb 44 Other 247 Total 750,598 Source : 1980-1981 Population Census of the Commonwealth Caribbean , Vol . 2 , Guyana . There was a decrease of 2,232 in the Chinese ...
... Amerindian 39,867 Portuguese 2,975 Chinese 1,842 White 770 Syr / Leb 44 Other 247 Total 750,598 Source : 1980-1981 Population Census of the Commonwealth Caribbean , Vol . 2 , Guyana . There was a decrease of 2,232 in the Chinese ...
Contenido
Faithist Church and Spirit Beliefs | 55 |
Comfa Ceremonies | 91 |
Comfa as an African Derivation | 149 |
Comfa as Social Process | 169 |
The Continuums of Guyanese Creole and Guyanese Comfa | 191 |
References | 227 |
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