The Cultural Politics of Obeah: Religion, Colonialism and Modernity in the Caribbean World
- Submitting institution
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University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 216457-61670-1283
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781107025653
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This monograph provides an innovative history of the politics and practice of the Caribbean spiritual healing techniques known as obeah and their place in everyday life in the region. Spanning two centuries, the book analyses the development and implementation of anti-obeah legislation. Paton draws on archival research undertaken in four countries and extensive analysis of contemporary newspaper reports, using ethnographic approaches to develop her analysis. Her study includes analysis of hundreds of prosecutions for obeah, and provides an account of the complex and multiple political meanings of obeah in Caribbean societies.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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