Le malaise créole : ethnic identity in Mauritius /

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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, gende...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Boswell, Rosabelle
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2006.
Series:New directions in anthropology.
Subjects:
Creoles > Mauritius > Ethnic identity.
Racism > Mauritius.
Créoles > Identité ethnique > Île Maurice.
Racisme > Île Maurice.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Creoles > Ethnic identity
Race relations
Racism
Mauritius > Race relations.
Île Maurice > Relations raciales.
Mauritius
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Le malaise créole; contents; 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.

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