Little India

Diaspora, Time, and Ethnolinguistic Belonging in Hindu Mauritius

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-01-17
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor341
FörlagUniversity of California Press
ISBN9780520248809

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration and Orthography Introduction 1. Creole Island or Little India? The Politics of Language and Diaspora 2. An Indo-Mauritian World: "Ancestral Culture," Hindus, and Their Others 3. Social Semiotics of Language: Shifting Registers, Narrative, and Performance 4. Colonial Education, Ethnolinguistic Identifications, and the Origins of Ancestral Languages 5. Performing Purity: Television and Ethnolinguistic Recognition 6. Calibrations of Displacement: Diasporization, Ancestral Language, and Temporality Conclusion: Time, Technology, and Language Notes References Index

"Through the depth, subtlety and breadth of his intellectual engagement with Mauritius, Eisenlohr establishes himself as one of our leading scholars on South Asia. Empirically rich, theoretically informed, imaginative, nuanced, and powerfully argued, Little India should transform how we think about language ideology, quotidian and ritual practice, and the complex intersections of national and transnational politics of culture." - Don Brenneis, Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz"