Le Malaise Creole

Ethnic Identity in Mauritius
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-84545-075-5
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 26, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 529 g

Reihe: New Directions in Anthropology

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boswell, Rosabelle

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Boswell, Rosabelle
Rosabelle Boswell received her doctorate from the Free University of Amsterdam and is conversant in French and the Indian Ocean Creole dialect. A Creole born in Mauritius and raised in Malawi (during the dictatorship of Kamuzu Banda), she emigrated to South Africa in 1990 where she is now teaching Anthropology at Rhodes University.

Rosabelle Boswell received her doctorate from the Free University of Amsterdam and is conversant in French and the Indian Ocean Creole dialect. A Creole born in Mauritius and raised in Malawi (during the dictatorship of Kamuzu Banda), she emigrated to South Africa in 1990 where she is now teaching Anthropology at Rhodes University.