Dougla poetics : orientations of Indianness and mixedness in Trinidad

The category of the Dougla, that is the mixed Indian/Black body located in Trinidad, exists at a crossroads between multiculturalist discourses and essentialist ideas of Indian and African identities. Racialisation is often erased under the deployment of hybridity, creolisation and the 'callalo...

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Main Author Kay, Kavyta (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
SeriesCritical mixed race studies
Subjects
Sociology.
Social Science > Emigration & Immigration.
Migration, immigration and emigration.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781800434349
DOI10.1108/9781800434325
Physical Description1 online resource (192 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Dougla threads: Weaving Indian-african trini mixedness
  • Chapter 2. The navigations and negotiations of dougla
  • Chapter 3. Skin speaks: Of beauty and high colour
  • Chapter 4. Sexuality: Mix, date, mate and race
  • Chapter 5. Raced religion: Exploring hybridity, performance and partnerships
  • Chapter 6. Chutney currents
  • Chapter 7. (im)possibilities of dougla.

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