Theorizing world culture through the New World: East Indians and creolization

American Ethnologist

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 549-562

  Munasinghe, Viranjini ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropological theory; Caribbean; Creolization; East Indians; Global culture; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750094405     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2006.33.4.549     Document Type: Article

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