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Korom, Frank Joseph was born on December 15, 1957 in Kikinda, Serbia. Son of Frank Korom and Maria Kalatschan.
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Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora by Korom, Frank J. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002 ( Paperback ) Paperback
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Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora
( The multivocalic rite known as Hosay in the Caribbean d...)
The multivocalic rite known as Hosay in the Caribbean developed out of earlier practices originating in Iraq and Iran which diffused to Trinidad by way of South Asian indentured laborers brought to the Caribbean by the British from the mid-1800s to the early decades of the twentieth century. The rituals are important as a Shi'i religious observance, but they also are emblems of ethnic and national identity for Indo-Trinidadians. Frank Korom investigates the essential role of Hosay in the performance of multiple identities by historically and ethnographically situating the event in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Caribbean contexts. Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora is the first detailed historical and ethnographic study of Islamic muharram rituals performed on the island of Trinidad. Korom's central argument is that the annual rite is a polyphonic discourse that is best understood by employing multiple levels of interpretation. On the symbolic level the observance provides esoteric meaning to a small community of Indo-Trinidadian Muslims. On another level, it is perceived to be representative of "transplanted" Indian culture as a whole. Finally, the rituals are becoming emblematic of Trinidad's polyethnic population. Addressing strategies used to resist integration and assimilation, Hosay Trinidad is engaged with theories concerning the notion of cultural creolization in the Caribbean as well as in the general study of global diasporas.
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Frank Joseph Korom
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Frank Joseph Korom, Serbian, American religion educator. Grantee National Endowment of the Humanities, 2000, Boston University, 1997, 98, 99, Museum of New Mexico, 1997, American Philosophical Society, 1997, Smithsonian Institution, 1991, 93; fellowAm. folklife Ctr, 1987, American Institute Indian Studies, 1988, Fulbright-Hays Foundation, 1990, Mellon Foundation, 1991, Smithsonian Institution, 1992, others.
Education
Bachelor in Religious Studies and Anthropology, University Colorado, 1984. Master of Arts in Folklore and Folklife, University Pennsylvania, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy in Folklore and Folklife, University Pennsylvania, 1992.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1992-1993. Curator Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, 1993-1998. Assistant professor religion and anthropology Boston University, since 1998.
Adjustment lecturer religion and anthropology, Santa Fe Community College, 1994-1998.
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Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora
( The multivocalic rite known as Hosay in the Caribbean d...)
- Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora by Korom, Frank J. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002 ( Paperback ) Paperback
- Tibetan Culture in the Diaspora (Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften; Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Denkschriften, 4)
- Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora by Korom, Frank J. (2002) Paperback
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Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora
Membership
Member All-India Folklore Congress, American Academy Religion, American Anthropol. Association, American Folklore Society, Association Asian Studies, Folklore Fellows of Finland, International Association Tibetan Studies, International Society Ethnology and Folklore, International Society for Folk Narrative Research, Phi Beta Kappa.
Education
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1984
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1987
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1992
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1992 - 1993
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1993 - 1998
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1998
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Grantee National Endowment of the Humanities, 2000, Boston University, 1997, 98, 99, Museum of New Mexico, 1997, American Philosophical Society, 1997, Smithsonian Institution, 1991, 93. FellowAm. folklife Ctr, 1987, American Institute Indian Studies, 1988, Fulbright-Hays Foundation, 1990, Mellon Foundation, 1991, Smithsonian Institution, 1992, others.Grantee National Endowment of the Humanities, 2000, Boston University, 1997, 98, 99, Museum of New Mexico, 1997, American Philosophical Society, 1997, Smithsonian Institution, 1991, 93. FellowAm. folklife Ctr, 1987, American Institute Indian Studies, 1988, Fulbright-Hays Foundation, 1990, Mellon Foundation, 1991, Smithsonian Institution, 1992, others.