"Ethnography of Trinidad focuses on processes of mass consumption. Asserts that Trinidadians confront problems of 'modernity' (focus on the present as divorced from the past, concomitant need to recreate moral premises, sense of 'compression of space-time,' sense of instability,…
"Ethnography of Trinidad focuses on processes of mass consumption. Asserts that Trinidadians confront problems of 'modernity' (focus on the present as divorced from the past, concomitant need to recreate moral premises, sense of 'compression of space-time,' sense of instability,…
Trinidad and Tobago: the rough guide
by Thomas, Polly, De-Light, Dominique
fromRough Guide
The business women from Trinidad: "hucksters and higglers"--Maria's mountain -- Gee's floral arranging life -- Gina's party of a lifetime -- Nadine's publishing house -- Fona's community book club -- Business is as business does
"How can religious freedom be granted to people who do not have a religion? While Indian indentured workers in colonial Trinidad practiced cherished rituals, "Hinduism" was not a widespread category in India at the time. On this Caribbean island, people of South Asian descent an…
This is a broad and comprehensive collection that shows how women activists across the globe are responding to the forces of the "new world order" in their communities. The first person accounts and regional case studies provide a truly global view of women working in their comm…
CONTENIDO: Creo en Dios. Testimonio, imágenes, poemas, confesiones - Pienso en Dios. Teología trinitarias y magisterio cristiano - Amo a Dios. Comunión y oración, moral y mística - Busco a Dios. Del siglo XX al XXI. Una vía trinitaria.
'Music from behind the Bridge' tells the story of the steelband a symbol of Trinidadian culture, from the point of view of musicians who overcame disadvantages of poverty and prejudice with their extraordinary ambition.
"A symbol of Trinidadian culture, the steelband has made an extraordinary transformation since its origins-from junk metal to steel orchestra, and from disparaged underclass pastime to Trinidad and Tobago's national instrument. Now, Shannon Dudley gives the first discerning look…
