Pathology and Identity
The Work of Mother Earth in Trinidad
The first new religion in the Caribbean since Rastafari, the Earth People draw on West African sources, assert a renascent African identity, and celebrate female creativity. They argue that Black people are the guardians of a natural environment, which is constantly under threat from European science. Dr Littlewood, who is both a psychiatrist and a social anthropologist, criticizes received ideas about pathology and creativity. The founder's ideas emerged in her experience of cerebral disease, and Dr Littlewood shows how the Earth People reinterpret radical personal experiences to build a community. While naturalistic and personalistic interp…
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Weitere Autoren: Fortes, Meyer (Hrsg.) / Leach, Edmund (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-521-02615-4
- EAN: 9780521026154
- Produktnummer: 2318222
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.0 cm 541 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 541
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