Pathology And Identity: The Work Of Mother Earth In Trinidad - 9780521026154

The Earth People draw on West African traditions and assert the particular power of female creativity. Their leader is Mother Earth, whose faith emerged following a cerebral disease. This 1993 account of a new West Indian religion examines how social patterns may emerge from radical personal experiences.

• | By (Author): Roland (University College London) Littlewood
• | Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 27, 2006
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780521026154