TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vertovec, Steven
TI  - The Hindu diaspora:  : comparative patterns
SN  - 9780415238939
U1  - 294.50904 VER 23
PY  - 2000///
CY  - London / New York
PB  - : Routledge
KW  - Religion
KW  - Hindu Religion
KW  - Hindus, Hindu Diaspora
N2  - 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
* 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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