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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809785303321

Autore

Boswell Rosabelle

Titolo

Le malaise créole : ethnic identity in Mauritius / / Rosabelle Boswell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-84545-075-2

1-78238-875-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

New directions in anthropology ; ; Volume 26

Disciplina

305.8009698/2

Soggetti

Creoles - Mauritius - Ethnic identity

Racism - Mauritius

Mauritius Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

LE MALAISE CRÉOLE; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. UNRAVELLING LE MALAISE CRÉOLE; CHAPTER 2. ANTHROPOLOGY AT 'HOME'; CHAPTER 3. DEFINING CREOLES; CHAPTER 4. DIGNITY AND PRESTIGE IN FLACQ; CHAPTER 5. RE-VIEWING THE PAST IN KARINA; CHAPTER 6. IMAGINING HOMELANDS IN ROCHE BOIS AND THE RIVER CAMP; CHAPTER 7. NEGOTIATING LANDSCAPES IN CHAMAREL AND LE MORNE; CHAPTER 8. SHIFTING SELVES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

How does one explain the poverty and marginalization of a group that lives in a remarkably successful economy and peaceful society? A native anthropologist, the author provides critical insight into the dynamics of contemporary Mauritian society. In her meticulously researched study of ethnic, gender and racial discrimination in Mauritius, she addresses debates carried out in many developing societies on subaltern identities, ethnicity, poverty and social injustice. The book therefore also offers important empirical material for scholars interested in the wider Indian Ocean region and beyond.