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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Kean Gibson. Lists of Tables and Figures LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1 Population Composition of Guyana , 1980 Table 1.2 Table 1.3 Comparative Population Composition , Guyana , 1960 through 1991 Poverty by Ethnic Group ( Percent and Number ) ...
Kean Gibson. Lists of Tables and Figures LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1 Population Composition of Guyana , 1980 Table 1.2 Table 1.3 Comparative Population Composition , Guyana , 1960 through 1991 Poverty by Ethnic Group ( Percent and Number ) ...
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Kean Gibson. the case in Guyana , and for the Creole language Gullah spoken in South Carolina , Mufwene ( 1991 ) argues that Gullah is not decreolizing . The Comfa data exemplifies a similar type of variation and change . There is an old ...
Kean Gibson. the case in Guyana , and for the Creole language Gullah spoken in South Carolina , Mufwene ( 1991 ) argues that Gullah is not decreolizing . The Comfa data exemplifies a similar type of variation and change . There is an old ...
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Kean Gibson. Christianity . But there is no evidence that the religion will become a variety of Christianity . Then again , there is a great deal of individual variation with no two ceremonies ever being the same , even by the same ...
Kean Gibson. Christianity . But there is no evidence that the religion will become a variety of Christianity . Then again , there is a great deal of individual variation with no two ceremonies ever being the same , even by the same ...
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Kean Gibson. Chapter 1 Peoples and Religions of Guyana The word " Comfa " is the generic term for the manifestation of spirits . The word has several references to the nonpractitioner . It refers to anyone who becomes spiritually ...
Kean Gibson. Chapter 1 Peoples and Religions of Guyana The word " Comfa " is the generic term for the manifestation of spirits . The word has several references to the nonpractitioner . It refers to anyone who becomes spiritually ...
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Kean Gibson. 1996 the total population reached approximately 721,000 persons whereas in 1980 ( see Table 1.1 ) it was approximately 750,598 . A percentage comparison of the population by year and ethnicity is given by Thomas ( 1998 , 415 ) ...
Kean Gibson. 1996 the total population reached approximately 721,000 persons whereas in 1980 ( see Table 1.1 ) it was approximately 750,598 . A percentage comparison of the population by year and ethnicity is given by Thomas ( 1998 , 415 ) ...
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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Términos y frases comunes
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