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Laura Jeffery - Chagos Islanders in Mauritius and the UK - 9780719084300 - V9780719084300
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Chagos Islanders in Mauritius and the UK

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Description for Chagos Islanders in Mauritius and the UK Hardback. 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 provides a unique ethnographic comparative study of forced displacement and onward migration within the living memory of one community. Series Editor(s): Smith, Alexander. Series: New Ethnographies. Num Pages: 176 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1HS; JFFN; JHM. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.

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 the community, reformulations of the homeland, the politics ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
New Ethnographies
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719084300
SKU
V9780719084300
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Laura Jeffery
Laura Jeffery is Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. -- .

Reviews for Chagos Islanders in Mauritius and the UK
"Jeffery's 'Chagos Islanders in Mauritius and the UK' provides a detailed empirical study of Chagossian communities in Mauritius... and the UK" "Going far beyond providing a 'thick' description of Chagossian communities, Jeffery uses her data to respond to critical questions in the literature on displacement and migration. In particular, she provides a rich justification for the view that forced ... Read more

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