Komfa Work: Ritualizing Racecraft and Nation in Guyana's Spiritualist Faiths
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- kali-nov05-c020
- Alternate titles and import identifiers
- KALI-NOV05-C020
- Author or attribution
- Jeremy Jacob Peretz
- Record type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Date / edition
- 2020
- Source / repository
- University of California, Los Angeles PhD dissertation; Kali Mai discussed especially in chapter 5
- Access
- Open access
- Subjects
- Additional Full-Text Sources — 5 November 2026; Guyana; Substantial dedicated Kali Mai chapter, broader dissertation; Contextual and Related-Form Sources; Diaspora
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Major interdisciplinary ethnography of Guyanese spiritualist practice. Of particular value to Kali research is its documented chapter on a Spiritualist Kali Mai mandir and comparisons of Kali Mai and Komfa, not the dissertation's broader central subject.
Curator source KALI-NOV05-C020. Research release: 5 November 2026.
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Jeremy Jacob Peretz | 2020 | Guyana | English
Publication: University of California, Los Angeles PhD dissertation; Kali Mai discussed especially in chapter 5
Major interdisciplinary ethnography of Guyanese spiritualist practice. Of particular value to Kali research is its documented chapter on a Spiritualist Kali Mai mandir and comparisons of Kali Mai and Komfa, not the dissertation's broader central subject.
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Access checked: Complete multi-chapter dissertation publicly reproduced, including chapter 5, notes and bibliography.
Relationship: Substantial dedicated Kali Mai chapter, broader dissertation
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https://www.academia.edu/116535236/Komfa_Work_Ritualizing_Racecraft_and_Nation_in_Guyana_s_Spiritualist_Faiths
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Jeremy Jacob Peretz. Komfa Work: Ritualizing Racecraft and Nation in Guyana's Spiritualist Faiths. University of California, Los Angeles PhD dissertation; Kali Mai discussed especially in chapter 5. 2020.
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