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Bindi

The Multifaceted Lives of Indo-Caribbean Women

Edited by Rosanne Kanhai

256 Pages

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9789766402389
Published: February 2011

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In contemporary times, the bindi (red dot between the eyebrows) is decorative as well as religious, and is worn by women of any marital status, Hindu or non-Hindu, in India, its diaspora and globally. Rosanne Kanhai uses the “bindi” to characterize how Indo-Caribbean women come into their own in multiple ways. The book is a sequel to Matikor: The Politics of Identity for Indo-Caribbean Women and showcases recent works that reflect a variety of disciplines, styles and topics that include considering Indo-Caribbean women in creative, artistic and performance text, historical and anthropological analyses, intersection with their “others” in the Caribbean and its diaspora, narratives of self, healing and spiritual growth and roles in religion and cultural activities.

Introduction
ROSANNE KANHAI

SECTION ONE: RELIGION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT

Women in the Ramayana Tradition in Trinidad
SHERRY- ANN SINGH

Rings, Gifts and Shekels: Marriage and Dowry Within the Indo-Muslim Community in Trinidad: 1930 to the Globalized Present
HALIMA SA’ ADIA KASSIM

SECTION TWO: CONSTRUCTING SELF

Unlikely Matriarchs: Rural Indo-Trinidadian Women in the Domestic Sphere
SHAHEEDA HOSEIN

Finding Self in the Transition from East to West
VALERIE YOUSSEF

No Pure Place of Resistance: Reflections on Being Ms Mastana Bahar 2000
GABRIELLE JAMELA HOSEIN

SECTION THREE: SURVIVAL AND CREATIVITY

Women as Invisible Healers: Traditional Midwives in Trinidad and Tobago
KUMAR MAHABIR

Identity, Activism and Spirituality in the Art of Bernadette Persaud
BRENDA GOPEESINGH

Breaking with Tradition: Hybridity, Identity and Resistance in Indo-Caribbean Women’s Writing
ANITA BAKSH

Beyond Fragile Homes: Indo-Trinidadian Women Constructing Habitable Narratives
PAULA E. MORGAN

Contributors

Rosanne Kanhai is Professor of English and Women Studies Director, Western Washington University. She is the author of three books: The Green Face Man: Poetry and Short Fiction; Rage and Renewal: Poetry and Short Fiction; and Matikor: The Politics of Identity for Indo-Caribbean Women and several refereed articles.

Bindi “makes a significant contribution to the field. It has moved forward the debates started by the first generation scholarship on Indo-Caribbean women and gender . . . The essays offer a more dynamic set of debates that allow tradition to dialogue with contemporary in one breath, as real life does.” – Patricia Mohammed, Professor, Gender and Cultural Studies and Campus Coordinator, School for Graduate Studies and Research, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

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