Description
Book Synopsis 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.
Trade Review "... a major contribution to both the ethnography of Mauritius and to the anthropology of discursive identity formation." · Paula Heinonen, University of Oxford
"Nobody has done this ethnography before... her material is rich and unique... [it will] be a standard reference in anthropological studies of the Indian Ocean island societies, but it will also be of interest to scholars and students looking at the Caribbean as well as hybridity in other settings." · Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo
Table of Contents List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Maps
Acknowledgements
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
