Identity (Re)construction and Belonging of Mauritian People Today: The Case of Les Rochers de Poudre d’Or by Nathacha Appanah
Abstract
From the late 18th century onwards, there was a large influx of migration from India to Mauritius. After the abolition of slavery, British colonisers looked to Asian countries for cheap labour, especially India, where they hired workers to till the sugar cane fields. Since then, there has been a great cultural, linguistic, religious, and ethnic diversity living on the island. This historical moment is recounted by the French-speaking Mauritian author of Indian origin, Nathacha Appanah (1973-), in her first novel Les Rochers de Poudre d’Or (2003). We will use this literary work as a working corpus in order to reflect on the process of identity (re)construction of the migrants who inhabit this territory. Likewise, this imaginary will be used as a framework to theorize the importance of the representation and cohabitation of other identities within the same geopolitical space.
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Claveyrolas, Mathieu. Quand l’hindouisme est créole. Plantation et indianité à l’île Maurice. París: Éditions de l’ehss, 2017.
Claveyrolas, Mathieu. The ‘Land of the Vaish’? Caste, Structure and Ideology in Mauritius. Samaj, 2015.
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Eisenlohr, Patrick. Little India: Diaspora, Time, and Ethnolinguistic Belonging in Hindu Mauritius. University of California Press, 2007.
Emrith, Moomtaz. History of the Muslims in Mauritius. Vacoas: Éditions Le Printemps, 1994.
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Hollup, Oddvar. «Islamic Revivalism and Political Opposition among Minority Muslims in Mauritius». Ethnology, 1996, 35, pp. 285-299.
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Kalla, Cader A. The primary school Atlas of Mauritius (4th ed.). Mauricio: Osman, 2016.
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Parekh, Bhikhu. «Some reflections on the Hindu diaspora». Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1994, 20(4), pp. 603-620.
Patterson, Orlando. Slavery and Social Death: A Comparative Study. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982.
Ramenah, Sandhya. «La thérapeutique de l’exil dans Les Rochers de Poudre d’Or de Nathacha Appanah-Mouriquand». Revue Historique de l’océan Indien, Migrations, migrants et exils Dans les pays de l’Indianocéanie xviie-xxe siècles, 2017, 14, pp. 232-241.
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Taylor, Charles. Multiculturalism: Examining the Politics of Recognition. Princeton University Press, 1994.
Tiwari, Chandani. «Indian Diaspora in Mauritius as a Cultural Heritage Resource». Shodh Sanchar Bulletin, 2020, 10, issue 38 (iv), pp. 98-102.
Van der Veer, Peter y Steven Vertovec. «Brahmanism abroad: On Caribbean Hinduism as an ethnic religion». Ethnology, 1991, 30.2, pp. 149-166.
Véronique, Georges Daniel. «Kala pani, “les eaux noires” de la traversée, et boat people: De Souza, Appanah et Confiant». L’Entre-deux, 2020, 7(1), pp. 1-12.
Waters, Julia. The Mauritian Novel: Fictions of Belonging. Liverpool University Press, 2018.
Identity (Re)construction and Belonging of Mauritian People Today: The Case of Les Rochers de Poudre d’Or by Nathacha Appanah. (2023). 1616: Anuario de Literatura Comparada, 13, 63-81. https://doi.org/10.14201/16162023136381
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