This book explores the dynamics of the socio-cultural baggage that Indian indentured migrants took with them to the Caribbean island of Trinidad and how they have since become a vibrant diaspora community, namely the Indo-Trinidadians. It combines social history with first-hand fieldwork data to portray human ingenuity in terms of social reconstitution and community building in a hostile socio-cultural environment. Furthermore, it addresses key social institutions-religion, caste, and family-and cultural elements-language, foodways, and ethnicity. Its analytical framework is guided by the concept of metamorphosis; it steers clear of the persistence versus change hypotheses. Given its focus, it will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology, social anthropology, history, and migration and diaspora studies.
| ISBN: | 9789811933660 |
| Publication date: | 13th September 2022 |
| Author: | N Jayaram |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Nature Singapore |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 297 pages |
| Series: | The GeoJournal Library |
| Genres: |
Migration, immigration and emigration Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Sociology |