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Le Malaise Creole: Ethnic Identity in Mauritius
Rosabelle Boswell
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Description for Le Malaise Creole: Ethnic Identity in Mauritius
Hardback. Provides critical insight into the dynamics of contemporary Mauritian society. In this researched study of ethnic, gender and racial discrimination in Mauritius, the author, a native anthropologist, addresses debates carried out in many developing societies on subaltern identities, ethnicity, poverty and social injustice. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 15 photos, 5 maps and 3 diagrams. BIC Classification: 1HSU; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Series
New Directions in Anthropology
Condition
New
Weight
468g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845450755
SKU
V9781845450755
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99-15
About Rosabelle Boswell
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.
Reviews for Le Malaise Creole: Ethnic Identity in Mauritius
... a major contribution to both the ethnography of Mauritius and to the anthropology of discursive identity formation.
Paula Heinonen, University of Oxford Nobody has done this ethnography before... her material is rich and unique... [it will] be a standard reference in anthropological studies of the Indian ... Read more
Paula Heinonen, University of Oxford Nobody has done this ethnography before... her material is rich and unique... [it will] be a standard reference in anthropological studies of the Indian ... Read more