Shaping membership, defining nation : the cultural politics of African Indians in South Asia /
Shaping Membership, Defining Nation explores and interprets the social politics, religion, and history of Africans (Habshis/Siddis) in Karnataka of South India. Focusing on the continuous dialog between African Indian historical formations and contemporary power structures, Pashington Obeng clearly...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, MD :
Lexington Books,
c2007.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Shaping Membership, Defining Nation explores and interprets the social politics, religion, and history of Africans (Habshis/Siddis) in Karnataka of South India. Focusing on the continuous dialog between African Indian historical formations and contemporary power structures, Pashington Obeng clearly explains the process of constructing socio-political and religious mores to respond to India's religious, socio-economic, and caste systems. The study begins by contextualizing the history of Africans inIndia before moving onto a sociological study. Pashington Obeng examines the formal and non-forma. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook History Collection EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 227 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-219) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739131213 0739131214 |
