PATRICIA MOHAMMED is Head of the Centre for Gender and Development Studies at the University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. She has published extensively on gender and feminist studies and is co-editor of Gender in Caribbean Development and co-author with Althea Perkins of Caribbean Women at the Crossroads.

• List of Tables List of Figures Glossary Acknowledgements Introduction Crossing the Black Water: From India to Trinidad, 1845-1917 Gender in the Definition of Indian Identity in Trinidad Gender Dynamics in the Making of Community The Reconfiguration of Masculinity and Femininity: Negotiating with Myth and Symbols Renegotiating Sexuality Family, Marriage and Love The Troubled Legacy of History and Love Notes Bibliography Index

PATRICIA MOHAMMED is Head of the Centre for Gender and Development Studies at the University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. She has published extensively on gender and feminist studies and is co-editor of Gender in Caribbean Development and co-author with Althea Perkins of Caribbean Women at the Crossroads.

• List of Tables List of Figures Glossary Acknowledgements Introduction Crossing the Black Water: From India to Trinidad, 1845-1917 Gender in the Definition of Indian Identity in Trinidad Gender Dynamics in the Making of Community The Reconfiguration of Masculinity and Femininity: Negotiating with Myth and Symbols Renegotiating Sexuality Family, Marriage and Love The Troubled Legacy of History and Love Notes Bibliography Index

PATRICIA MOHAMMED is Head of the Centre for Gender and Development Studies at the University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. She has published extensively on gender and feminist studies and is co-editor of Gender in Caribbean Development and co-author with Althea Perkins of Caribbean Women at the Crossroads.

• List of Tables List of Figures Glossary Acknowledgements Introduction Crossing the Black Water: From India to Trinidad, 1845-1917 Gender in the Definition of Indian Identity in Trinidad Gender Dynamics in the Making of Community The Reconfiguration of Masculinity and Femininity: Negotiating with Myth and Symbols Renegotiating Sexuality Family, Marriage and Love The Troubled Legacy of History and Love Notes Bibliography Index