Dutch Spirits, East Indians, and Hindu Deities in Guyana: Contests over Land
Open this record in the interactive library
- Catalogue identifier
- kali-nov04b-022
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-NOV04B-022
- Author or attribution
- Marcelo Moura Mello
- Record type
- Article
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 2022
- Source / repository
- academia.edu
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Further Full-Text Sources — November 2026; Ethnography / Guyana; Direct Kālī context; Guyana; Diaspora
Description and curator notes
Explores how adherents of Kali/Mariamma worship relate to land, Dutch colonial spirits and territorial rights within Indo-Guyanese devotional settings.
Curator source KALI-NOV04B-022. Research supplement checked 4–5 November 2026.
The access, completeness and editorial assessments below come from the supplied curator document, not a new independent verification by this library.
Marcelo Moura Mello · 2022 · English · Ethnography / Guyana
Scope: Direct Kālī context
Explores how adherents of Kali/Mariamma worship relate to land, Dutch colonial spirits and territorial rights within Indo-Guyanese devotional settings.
Open complete text: https://www.academia.edu/79471013/Dutch_spirits_East_Indians_and_Hindu_deities_in_Guyana_Contests_over_land
Verification: Full author-posted article body and references are visible as HTML without purchasing the Wiley journal article.
Editorial note: American Anthropologist 124(2):370–382. Link points to free author-hosted reading copy, not paywalled publisher download.
Source access
Read or locate the original source at academia.edu
Rights and reading conditions
The curator supplement reports freely readable complete text, not a general republication licence. This library links to the supplied reading copy and does not reproduce full text. Author-hosted Academia HTML is reported readable without purchase; file downloads may require login. Check the source's copyright and reuse terms before copying or reposting.
Citation
Marcelo Moura Mello. Dutch Spirits, East Indians, and Hindu Deities in Guyana: Contests over Land. 2022. Ethnography / Guyana. American Anthropologist 124(2):370–382. Link points to free author-hosted reading copy, not paywalled publisher download.
This page supplies catalogue metadata and links. It does not reproduce the underlying source text. Historical, religious, healing and interpretive claims belong to the cited sources, not to an independent verification by this catalogue.