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Teena found a pen one day, a beautiful Cartier that her father so delicately kept in soft cotton in a drawer. It was mesmerising. She tried it. And on that day, blue on white became her ill, perhaps today more of a skill. Unsure, she has never stopped writing about those people she knew, lives lost, wars fought, orphan migrants, all those things she heard, too much for her brain, but never enough for her pen. Sometimes too painful to write about, her stories took form in poetic verses, a language easier to hide truths into. Two things Teena has since then known: She would forever write about Mauritius, her motherland, happy or otherwise.
Mauritius --- Île Maurice --- Maurice --- Drontens ö --- Mōrishasu --- Mavrikiĭ --- Republic of Mauritius --- Môriśasa --- Mārīśasa --- Mauritious --- République de Maurice --- Repiblik Moris --- モーリシャス --- Mauricio --- Estado de Mauricio --- מאוריציוס --- Maʼuritsyus --- Île de France
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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, 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.
Creoles --- Racism --- Ethnic identity. --- Mauritius --- Race relations. --- Bias, Racial --- Race bias --- Race prejudice --- Racial bias --- Prejudices --- Anti-racism --- Critical race theory --- Race relations --- Racially mixed people --- Île Maurice --- Maurice --- Drontens ö --- Mōrishasu --- Mavrikiĭ --- Republic of Mauritius --- Môriśasa --- Mārīśasa --- Mauritious --- République de Maurice --- Repiblik Moris --- モーリシャス --- Mauricio --- Estado de Mauricio --- מאוריציוס --- Maʼuritsyus --- Île de France
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Speaking of Mauritius as an economic miracle has become a cliche, and with good reason: Its development since Independence in 1968 can easily be narrated as a rags-to-riches story. In addition, it is a stable democracy capable of containing the conflict potential inherent in its complex ethnic and religious demography. This book brings together some of the finest scholarship, domestic as well as foreign, on contemporary Mauritius, offering perspectives from constitutional law, cultural studies, sociology, archaeology, economics, social anthropology and more. While celebrating the indisputable, and impressive, achievements of the Mauritian nation on its fiftieth birthday, this book is far from toothless. Looking back inevitably implies looking ahead, and in order to do so, critical self-scrutiny is essential, to be able to learn from the mistakes of the past. The contributors raise fundamental questions concerning a broad range of issues, from the dilemmas of multiculturalism to the marginal role of women in public life, from the question of constitutional reform and the continued problem of corruption to the slow destruction of Mauritius' joy and pride, namely the beauty and purity of its natural scenery. Taking stock of the first fifty years, this book also looks ahead to the next fifty years, giving some cues as to where Mauritius can and should aim in the next decades.
E-books --- Mauritius --- Île Maurice --- Maurice --- Drontens ö --- Mōrishasu --- Mavrikiĭ --- Republic of Mauritius --- Môriśasa --- Mārīśasa --- Mauritious --- République de Maurice --- Repiblik Moris --- モーリシャス --- Mauricio --- Estado de Mauricio --- מאוריציוס --- Maʼuritsyus --- Île de France --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions. --- Politics and government. --- Sociology of culture --- Internal politics --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology
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The Chagos islanders were forcibly uprooted from the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean between 1965 and 1973. This 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 thus provides a unique ethnographic comparative study of forced displacement and onward migration within the living memory of one community.Based on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork in Mauritius and Crawley (West Sussex), the six chapters explore Chagossians' challenging lives in Mauritius, the mobilisation of
Population transfers --- Chagossians --- Chagos Islanders --- Chagosians --- Ilois (Chagossians) --- Ethnology --- Chagossians. --- History --- Mauritius --- Great Britain --- British Indian Ocean Territory --- Chagos Islands --- Chagos Archipelago --- BIOT --- Île Maurice --- Maurice --- Drontens ö --- Mōrishasu --- Mavrikiĭ --- Republic of Mauritius --- Môriśasa --- Mārīśasa --- Mauritious --- République de Maurice --- Repiblik Moris --- モーリシャス --- Mauricio --- Estado de Mauricio --- מאוריציוס --- Maʼuritsyus --- Île de France --- Emigration and immigration. --- Chagos Archipelago. --- Chagos islanders. --- Crawley. --- Indian Ocean. --- Mauritius. --- culture in exile. --- displaced people. --- forced displacement. --- onward migration.
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This work aims to engage with the complexities surrounding evaluations of ethnic and national identity - a focus of recent interest by scholars from a range of disciplines including political science, anthropology and economics - through a case study of Chinese migration to and settlement in Mauritius. The book investigates the complex mechanisms and processes involved in the transplantation of groups of people within the colonial context, and in particular seeks to create a tableau within which the construction of a mythology of migration is set against the realities of negotiation and communication with the wider society.
Chinese --- Economic development --- Land settlement patterns --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Patterns, Land settlement --- Settlement patterns --- Human geography --- Land settlement --- Ethnology --- Economic conditions. --- Ethnic identity. --- Social life and customs. --- History. --- Mauritius --- Île Maurice --- Maurice --- Drontens ö --- Mōrishasu --- Mavrikiĭ --- Republic of Mauritius --- Môriśasa --- Mārīśasa --- Mauritious --- République de Maurice --- Repiblik Moris --- モーリシャス --- Mauricio --- Estado de Mauricio --- מאוריציוס --- Maʼuritsyus --- Île de France --- Colonization. --- Race relations.
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Over the past quarter of a century, the wave of construction of “new villages” has profoundly changed the landscapes of the Ile-de-France region. After two decades of production of large collective housing estates, the single-family home has experienced strong development in response to the desire of households to own larger and more comfortable housing. Who were the customers of these new suburban spaces? What have been the effects of this supply of housing on the fringes of the city on the social development of the centre of the agglomeration? While executives and middle classes have settled in the best-served sectors, the Ile-de-France countryside has also welcomed more modest households leaving the neighbourhoods of large housing estates that are increasingly devalued. Through the constitution of these suburban suburban rings, it is therefore the evolution of a metropolis of more than 10 million inhabitants that we questioned. Maps and graphics reproduced in a CD-ROM highlight the increase in social polarization as well as mobility and help to shed light on the debates on the emerging city.
Suburbs --- Land use, Urban --- Commuting --- Residential mobility --- Ile-de-France (France) --- Social conditions --- Housing, Single family --- Urban geography --- Cities and towns --- Mobilité résidentielle --- Maisons individuelles --- Géographie urbaine --- Villes --- Growth --- Croissance --- Communities - Urban Groups --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Mobility, Residential --- Urban population movements --- Migration, Internal --- Population geography --- Transportation --- Telecommuting --- Urban land use --- Urban economics --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Outskirts of cities --- Suburban areas --- Suburbia --- City planning --- Metropolitan areas --- Social conditions. --- Région Île-de-France (France) --- Isle-de-France (France) --- Isle of France (France) --- Région parisienne (France) --- Suburbs - France - Paris --- Land use, Urban - France - Ile-de-France --- Commuting - France - Ile-de-France --- Residential mobility - France - Ile-de-France --- Ile-de-France (France) - Social conditions --- mobilité --- logement --- périurbanisation --- France --- Paris --- Périurbanisation --- Géographie urbaine --- Sol, Utilisation urbaine du --- Rurbanization --- PERIURBANISATION --- FRANCE, ESPACE GEOGRAPHIQUE --- PARIS
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Little India is a rich historical and ethnographic examination of a fascinating example of linguistic plurality on the island of Mauritius, where more than two-thirds of the population is of Indian ancestry. Patrick Eisenlohr's groundbreaking study focuses on the formation of diaspora as mediated through the cultural phenomenon of Indian ancestral languages-principally Hindi, which is used primarily in religious contexts. Eisenlohr emphasizes the variety of cultural practices that construct and transform boundaries in communities in diaspora and illustrates different modes of experiencing the temporal relationships between diaspora and homeland.
Hindus --- Anthropological linguistics --- Hindoos --- Religious adherents --- Anthropo-linguistics --- Ethnolinguistics --- Language and ethnicity --- Linguistic anthropology --- Linguistics and anthropology --- Anthropology --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Diaspora, Hindu --- East Indian diaspora --- Human geography --- Diaspora. --- Ethnic identity. --- Diaspora --- Migrations --- Mauritius --- Île Maurice --- Maurice --- Drontens ö --- Mōrishasu --- Mavrikiĭ --- Republic of Mauritius --- Môriśasa --- Mārīśasa --- Mauritious --- République de Maurice --- Repiblik Moris --- モーリシャス --- Mauricio --- Estado de Mauricio --- מאוריציוס --- Maʼuritsyus --- Île de France --- Ethnic relations. --- Anthropological linguistics. --- Anthropological linguistics - Mauritius. --- Hindu diaspora. --- Hindus. --- Indian religions --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Indic languages --- ancestral languages. --- anthropology. --- cultural practices. --- diaspora communities. --- diaspora. --- ethnographers. --- ethnography. --- ethnolinguistics. --- ethnolinguists. --- generational. --- hindi. --- hindusim. --- historians. --- historical perspective. --- homeland. --- india. --- indian ancestry. --- language and culture. --- linguistic connection. --- linguistics. --- linguists. --- lingustic plurality. --- mauritius. --- nonfiction. --- politics. --- religious language use. --- religious practices. --- shared language.
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On l’appelle l’île-écriture. Carrefour de l’Afrique, de l’Europe et de l’Asie, l’île Maurice, de par sa situation géographique et son passé colonial, n’est pas sans points communs avec les Antilles et le monde caribéen, mais s’en démarque par une dynamique distincte entre indianité et créolité. L’objet de ce volume est de creuser son mystère en abordant ses rives par la géographie, l’ethnologie, l’histoire, l’économie et la littérature, à travers le regard conjugué d’indianistes et de spécialistes de l’aire indianocéanique. Se situant hors de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud, cet ouvrage explore la façon dont l’indianité s’adapte dans ce contexte insulaire. L’hindouisme créole mauricien, par exemple, est un modèle inédit. Une littérature indo-francophone novatrice et foisonnante s’y épanouit. Tissés par l’histoire maritime du commerce et de l’engagisme, les liens économiques avec l’Inde se voient concurrencés par un autre acteur qu’est la Chine. L’adoption d’un multiculturalisme inspiré du modèle indien de l’« unité dans la diversité » se fait parfois au détriment des minorités. Sans nier les tensions inhérentes à une société portée à l’extrême ethnicisation des critères qu’elle retient, ce volume donne à voir, dans le mêlement de ces deux mondes, une posture cosmopolite originale, qui renouvelle la perception de l’indianité.
Group identity --- East Indians --- Creoles --- Mauritians --- Hinduism and culture --- Identité collective --- Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) --- Créoles --- Mauriciens --- Hindouisme et culture --- Ethnic identity --- Identité ethnique --- India --- Mauritius --- Inde --- Ile Maurice --- Relations --- Culture and Hinduism --- Culture --- Ethnology --- Racially mixed people --- Asian Indians --- Indians, East --- Indians (India) --- Indic peoples --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Collective memory --- Ethnic identity. --- Île Maurice --- Maurice --- Drontens ö --- Mōrishasu --- Mavrikiĭ --- Republic of Mauritius --- Môriśasa --- Mārīśasa --- Mauritious --- République de Maurice --- Repiblik Moris --- モーリシャス --- Mauricio --- Estado de Mauricio --- מאוריציוס --- Maʼuritsyus --- Île de France --- Bharat --- Bhārata --- Government of India --- Ḣindiston Respublikasi --- Indië --- Indien --- Indii︠a︡ --- Indland --- Indo --- Republic of India --- Sāthāranarat ʻIndīa --- Yin-tu --- インド --- هند --- Индия --- culture --- history --- indianity --- Mauritius Island --- creolity
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L'ouvrage se veut une introduction à une série de volumes consacrés à la publication scientifique des fouilles archéologiques préventives effectuées depuis vingt ans à Saint-Denis. Deux buts sont ici poursuivis : offrir aux chercheurs un bilan critique des sources archéologiques et archivistiques existantes tout en permettant à un public plus large de mieux comprendre la genèse de la cité. Le parti adopté est celui d'une histoire topographique de la ville, depuis la première basilique mérovingienne consacré à saint Denis, autour de laquelle est né et s'est développé un espace urbain, jusqu'à la veille de son industrialisation. Cette esquisse de l'évolution de Saint-Denis se fonde sur une sélection de textes et de sources iconographiques abondamment commentés.
Religious architecture --- Archeology --- France --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Saint-Denis (France) --- Historical geography --- History --- Antiquities --- Géographie historique --- Histoire --- Antiquités --- Historic buildings --- Street names --- Urban renewal --- Conservation and restoration --- Dictionaries --- Plans --- -Urban renewal --- -Historic buildings --- -Historic houses, etc. --- Historical buildings --- Architecture --- Buildings --- Monuments --- Historic sites --- Model cities --- Renewal, Urban --- Urban redevelopment --- Urban renewal projects --- City planning --- Land use, Urban --- Urban policy --- Streets --- Names, Geographical --- Names --- Eglise abbatiale de Saint-Denis --- -Saint-Denis (France) --- -Description and travel --- Dictionaries. --- Plans. --- -Dictionaries --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Géographie historique --- Antiquités --- Historic houses, etc. --- Eglise abbatiale de Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, France) --- Cathédrale Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, France) --- Basilique de Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, France) --- Saint-Denis (Abbey church : Saint-Denis, France) --- Saint-Denis (Cathedral : Saint-Denis, France) --- Saint-Denis (Basilica : Saint-Denis, France) --- Abbey Church of Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, France) --- St. Denys (Abbey church : Saint-Denis, France) --- Église S. Denys (Saint-Denis, France) --- Église de S. Denys (Saint-Denis, France) --- St-Denis (Abbey church : Saint-Denis, France) --- Basilique royale de Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, France) --- Abbaye de Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, France) --- Description and travel. --- History. --- Historic buildings - Conservation and restoration - France - Saint-Denis --- Street names - France - Saint-Denis - Dictionaries --- Urban renewal - France - Saint-Denis - Plans --- Saint-Denis --- Archaeology --- architecture religieuse --- Île-de-France --- archéologie urbaine --- Moyen Âge --- source écrite et iconographique --- architecture monastique --- architecture civile --- morphogenèse d'une agglomération urbaine --- topographie socio-économique --- aménagement d'un territoire --- Île-de-France --- archéologie urbaine --- Moyen Âge --- source écrite et iconographique --- morphogenèse d’une agglomération urbaine --- topographie socio-économique --- aménagement d’un territoire
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