Little India : diaspora, time, and ethnolinguistic belonging in Hindu Mauritius / Patrick Eisenlohr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eisenlohr, Patrick, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropological linguistics--Mauritius.

Anthropological linguistics.

Hindus--Mauritius--Ethnic identity.

Hindus.

Hindu diaspora.

Mauritius--Ethnic relations.

Mauritius.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University of California Press : Berkeley, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Creole island or little India? : the politics of language and diaspora

An Indo-Mauritian world : "ancestral culture," Hindus, and their others

Social semiotics of language : shifting registers, narrative, and performance

Colonial education, ethnolinguistic identifications, and the origins of ancestral languages

Performing purity : television and ethnolinguistic recognition

Calibrations of displacement : diasporization, ancestral language, and temporality.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612358586

9780520939967

0520939964

9781282358584

1282358588

9781433700002

143370000X

OCLC:

476023123