This ethnography considers how spirit mediums interactively create self-knowledge out of interpersonal suspicion in the racially and religious diverse Caribbean country of Suriname.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1.Settlement and Self-Doubt
2.A Fragmented Unity: Hindu Selves, Doubt, and Shakti Ritual
3.Mediated Selves: Ndyuka Knowledge, Suspicion, and Revelation
4.Painful Interactions
5.Dreams at the Limits of Knowledge
6.Revealing Ironies of Racecraft
Conclusion
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