Hinduism and Popular Cults in Mauritius

Sacred Religion and Plantation Economy
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-20657-8
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 552 g

This book presents an original and comprehensive reading of the contemporary Mauritian society where Hinduism is practised by more than half of the population. It discusses themes such as the genesis of the Mauritian multicultural society; religious and cultural transformations; the cult of kalimai; the building of social relations and the birth of associations; and the link between Mauritian Hinduism and sugar plantation economy to highlight the interactions of the religious with the political economy of the nation.

First of its kind, this book, with its rich ethnographic accounts, will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of religion, Hinduism, social anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, diaspora studies, sociology of religion and African studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chazan-Gillig, Suzanne

Ramhota, Pavitranand

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus Hinduismus: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgements

In Memoriam

Introduction

1 Genesis of a Mauritian multicultural society

2 Observation of religious and cultural transformations

3 The Kalimais of Clémencia

4 The Kalimai of Beauvallon at Camp de Masque Pavé: The nurturing of social relations and the emergence of associations

5 The rituals observed at various kalimais

6 The Kalimais of Boutique Joseph and l’Unité: Contexts and differences

7 Development of villages and temples in the east: Social segmentations

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Suzanne Chazan-Gillig is an anthropologist and was formerly a senior researcher and consultant at the Institute for the Research and Development (IRD), France. She earned a doctorate in anthropology from the University of Paris V. She has written several books in French and has carried out extensive fieldwork in Madagascar. Her book on Sakalava Society in Madagascar was published in 1991. She has extensively published her research papers in refereed journals in both English and French. She also conducted empirical research in Mauritius on the topic of migrations, exchange and industrialisation in the context of globalisation of markets. Since 2002 she has been studying the social changes on the west coast of Madagascar.

Pavitranand Ramhota is Associate Professor and Head of Department of Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the Rabindranath Tagore Institute, Mauritius. He has been UNICEF Consultant on “Women and Children in Mauritius” and UNESCO Consultant on the cultural heritage of Indian immigrants in Mauritius. He obtained a PhD in social anthropology with distinction from Institute National des Langues et Civilizations Orientale (Inalco), Paris. He has contributed several articles in refereed journals, and has organised many international seminars and conferences. He is currently working on Indian migration in the occidental Indian Ocean with a perspective of comparative forms of Hinduism and the world of capitalism.