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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... East Indians , and Portuguese as slaves and indentured laborers . There is an examination of the formation of racial stereo- types under British colonialism to the present time , where ethnicity not only provides diversity , but is also ...
... East Indians , and Portuguese as slaves and indentured laborers . There is an examination of the formation of racial stereo- types under British colonialism to the present time , where ethnicity not only provides diversity , but is also ...
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... East Indians which officially ended in 1914. By that time 238,979 had ar- rived , with most arriving between 1871 ... East Indian 389,760 Negro / Black 231,330 Mixed 83,763 Amerindian 39,867 Portuguese 2,975 Chinese 1,842 White 770 Syr ...
... East Indians which officially ended in 1914. By that time 238,979 had ar- rived , with most arriving between 1871 ... East Indian 389,760 Negro / Black 231,330 Mixed 83,763 Amerindian 39,867 Portuguese 2,975 Chinese 1,842 White 770 Syr ...
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... East Indians , East Indians and Chinese , Chinese and Whites , Whites and Blacks , and East Indians and Whites ( Moore 1995 , 11 ) . Within the economy there was a high degree of occupational specializa- tion along ethnic lines and ...
... East Indians , East Indians and Chinese , Chinese and Whites , Whites and Blacks , and East Indians and Whites ( Moore 1995 , 11 ) . Within the economy there was a high degree of occupational specializa- tion along ethnic lines and ...
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... Amerindians therefore dropped from a rank in the social hierarchy next to Europeans to one beneath Africans and East Indians as they were excluded from coastal society and its economic structure ( Williams 1991 , 138 ) . The Portuguese ...
... Amerindians therefore dropped from a rank in the social hierarchy next to Europeans to one beneath Africans and East Indians as they were excluded from coastal society and its economic structure ( Williams 1991 , 138 ) . The Portuguese ...
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... East Indians greater success in the rural areas vis - à - vis the African villages was attributed to their greater intellectual ability , their cultural values that encouraged thrift and industry . The East Indians naturally preferred a ...
... East Indians greater success in the rural areas vis - à - vis the African villages was attributed to their greater intellectual ability , their cultural values that encouraged thrift and industry . The East Indians naturally preferred a ...
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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Comfa Religion and Creole Language in a Caribbean Community: Transforming ... Kean Gibson Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
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