Pathology and Identity: The Work of Mother Earth in Trinidad
(Book #90 in the Cambridge Studies in Social Anthropology Series)
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The first new religion in the Caribbean since Rastafari, the Earth People draw on West African sources, assert a renascent African identity, and celebrate female creativity. They argue that Black people are the guardians of a natural environment, which is constantly under threat from European science. In this 1993 book, Dr Littlewood, who is both a psychiatrist and a social anthropologist, criticizes received ideas about pathology and creativity. The founder's ideas emerged in her experience of cerebral disease, and Dr Littlewood shows how the Earth People reinterpret radical personal experiences to build a community. While naturalistic and personalistic interpretations of human life are both valid and necessary, neither can be reduced to the other.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521026156
ISBN13:9780521026154
Release Date:April 2006
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.14 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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