The Hindu Diaspora: Comparative Patterns - Rilegato

Vertovec, Steven

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ISBN 10: 0415238927 ISBN 13: 9780415238922

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2000

Riassunto

Hinduism outside the Indian subcontinent represents a contrasting and scattered community. From Britain to the Caribbean, diasporic Hindus have substantially reformed their beliefs and practices in accordance with their historical and social circumstances. In this theoretically innovative analysis Steven Vertovec examines:
* the historical construction of the category 'Hinduism in India'
* the formation of a distinctive Caribbean Hindu culture during the nineteenth century
* the role of youth groups in forging new identities during Trinidad's Hindu Renaissance
* the reproduction of regionally based identities and frictions in Britain's Hindu communities
* the differences in temple use across the diaspora.
This book provides a rich and fascinating view of the Hindu diaspora in the past, present and its possible futures.

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Hinduism outside the Indian subcontinent represents a divergent diaspora. From Britain to the Caribbean, diasporic Hindus have substantially reformed their beliefs and practiced in accordnace with their historical and social circumstances. In this theoretically innovative analysis Steven Vertoved looks at why Hind indentities have developed in such different ways in different contexts and in doing so questions the assumption that subcontinent Hinduism represents the authentic articulation of Hindu identity. Amongst the case studies Vertovec examines are: the historical construction of the category 'Hinduism in India the formation of a distinctive Caribbean Hindu culture during the nineteenth century the role of youth groups in forging new identities during Trinidad's Hindu Renaissance the reproduction of regionally based identities and frictions in Britain's Hindu communities the differences in temple use across the diaspora. This book provides a rich and fascinating view of the Hindu diaspora in the past, present and its possible futures.

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0415238927
• ISBN 13: 9780415238922
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 208