Shango Cult in Trinidad

Simpson, George Eaton

Published by Institute of Caribbean Studies / University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, 1965

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Signed & inscribed by author on title page, else text clean; binding sound; moderate wear to covers. 140 pages. 2 pages of photographs. Number 359 of 500 copies printed. Scarce. Caribbean Monograph Series No. 2. Detailed cover scans available upon request. "This study is concerned mainly with (a) the acculturative process as it is seen in the African and European cultural retentions, reinterpretations, and syncretisms of the shango cult in Trinidad, and (b) the sociological, social psychological, and psychiatric aspects of cult life as revealed in cult organization, attitudes of cultists and non-cultists toward shango, relationships between shangoists and Shouters, recent changes in shango, and the functions of the shango cult." Size: 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Seller Inventory # S197-048268

Bibliographic Details

Title: Shango Cult in Trinidad

Publisher: Institute of Caribbean Studies / University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

Publication Date: 1965

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good