Based on author's doctoral thesis, University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, 2005.
Contents
Socio-religious change, 1917-45 -- The Ramayana tradition -- The Hindu textual tradition -- Socio-religious change, 1945-90 : the private domain -- Socio-religious change, 1945-90 : the public domain.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-312) and index.
Summary
Explores Hindu thought and practice in Trinidad and charts the evolution of a significant section of the Indian diaspora, using the most popular Hindu religious text in Trinidad, the Ramayana.
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