Description
Book SynopsisThis 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 provides a unique ethnographic comparative study of forced displacement and onward migration within the living memory of one community.
Trade Review"Jeffery's 'Chagos Islanders in Mauritius and the UK' provides a detailed empirical study of Chagossian communities in Mauritius... and the UK"
"Going far beyond providing a 'thick' description of Chagossian communities, Jeffery uses her data to respond to critical questions in the literature on displacement and migration. In particular, she provides a rich justification for the view that forced displacement and voluntary migration should be regarded as analytically distinct, and as impacting differently upon affected populations."
"Jeffery's central conclusions are clearly articulated and convincingly integrated into the extant literature, to which the uninitiated reader is seamlessly introduced and becomes more familiar."
"Jeffery's findings will interest those with a substantive interest in migration and forced displacement, while her research design will prove instructive to anyone using ethnographic methods."
The book is highly accessible and manages well to break down the complex entanglements of the Chagossians' struggle within Mauritius and with the UK legal system.
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Table of ContentsNote to readers
Introduction: Forced displacement and onward migration
Part : Marginalisation and mobilisation
1. Marginalisation in Mauritius
2. Mobilisation in exile
Part II Narrating homeland, displacement, suffering, and loss
3. Singing the homeland
4. The politics of culture in exile
Part III Onward migration
5. Echoes of marginalisation in Crawley
6. Making home in exile
Postscript. Legal and environmental barriers to resettlement
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