By Patrick Eisenlohr
ISBN-10: 0520248791
ISBN-13: 9780520248793
Little India is a wealthy historic and ethnographic exam of a desirable instance of linguistic plurality at the island of Mauritius, the place greater than two-thirds of the inhabitants is of Indian ancestry. Patrick Eisenlohr's groundbreaking examine specializes in the formation of diaspora as mediated throughout the cultural phenomenon of Indian ancestral languages--principally Hindi, that's used essentially in non secular contexts. Eisenlohr emphasizes the diversity of cultural practices that build and rework limitations in groups in diaspora and illustrates varied modes of experiencing the temporal relationships among diaspora and native land.
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Basantrai makes it clear that the common threat lies in the presence and power of “alien” religions and civilizations, both in the diaspora and in India. In this context, he solicits the help of the VHP regarding what he sees as a future threat to the Hindu community of Mauritius: Yet, there is a problem in our land, which is a matter of grave concern.
French, however, is dominant in the private sector economy and in the print media; it is also the language most used in television and radio programming originating in Mauritius. Thus scholars have concluded that the language situation is less complicated after all, with Creole featuring in everyday conversation, and English and French used as languages of literacy, state power, business, and mass media. ” However, English “even though favored in politics and occupying important positions in education, administration and other official institutions, is in reality only of marginal importance, since it is relatively little known and rarely used” (Stein 1982, 621).
The economy, challenged by widespread poverty and unemployment and rapid population growth, was subject to unpredictable fluctuations determined by the weather and the price of sugar on the world market. Beginning in the 1970s, the Mauritian government established an Export Processing Zone 28 Creole Island or Little India? to encourage the setup of garment assembly plants. This policy, supported by preferential trade agreements with the European Union and the United States, proved spectacularly successful in the 1980s, when garment factories sprang up all over the island.
Little India: Diaspora, Time, and Ethnolinguistic Belonging in Hindu Mauritius by Patrick Eisenlohr
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