03436nam 2200865 a 450 991079191540332120221006161728.01-84779-789-X1-78170-245-41-84779-413-010.7765/9781847794130(CKB)2560000000085857(EBL)1069725(OCoLC)818847538(SSID)ssj0000712737(PQKBManifestationID)12297415(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712737(PQKBWorkID)10651415(PQKB)10127469(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086929(OCoLC)1132223168(MdBmJHUP)muse78102(Au-PeEL)EBL1069725(CaPaEBR)ebr10627251(CaONFJC)MIL843504(MiAaPQ)EBC1069725(DE-B1597)660948(DE-B1597)9781847794130(EXLCZ)99256000000008585720111209d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChagos islanders in Mauritius and the UK[electronic resource] forced displacement and onward migration /Laura JefferyManchester ;New York Manchester Universiry Press20111 online resource (177 p.)New EthnographiesNew ethnographiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-78499-382-4 0-7190-8430-X Includes bibliographic references and index.pt. I. Marginalisation and mobilisation -- pt. II. Narrating homeland, displacement, suffering, and loss -- pt. III. Onward migration.The Chagos islanders were forcibly uprooted from the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean between 1965 and 1973. This is the first book to compare the experiences of displaced Chagos islanders in Mauritius with the experiences of those Chagossians who have moved to the UK since 2002. It thus provides a unique ethnographic comparative study of forced displacement and onward migration within the living memory of one community.Based on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork in Mauritius and Crawley (West Sussex), the six chapters explore Chagossians' challenging lives in Mauritius, the mobilisation ofNew ethnographies.ChagossiansGreat BritainHistory20th centuryChagossiansMauritiusHistory20th centuryPopulation transfersChagossiansBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryEmigration and immigrationGreat BritainEmigration and immigrationMauritiusEmigration and immigrationChagos Archipelago.Chagos islanders.Chagossians.Crawley.Indian Ocean.Mauritius.culture in exile.displaced people.forced displacement.onward migration.ChagossiansHistoryChagossiansHistoryPopulation transfersChagossians.305.89141Jeffery Laura1544446MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791915403321Chagos islanders in Mauritius and the UK3798664UNINA