1st Edition
Common Denominators Ethnicity, Nation-Building and Compromise in Mauritius
By Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Copyright 1998
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book seeks to enhance comparative understandings of ethnicity, to refine theories of nationalism, and to contribute to ongoing debates on multiculturalism, identity politics and creolization. Mauritius, an Indian Ocean island-state with a population of about one million, provides a fascinating focus for this comprehensive study of social identity and political culture. Fifteen languages are... Read more
CHAPTER ONE Introduction CHAPTER TWO Mauritius Past and Present CHAPTER THREE Fields and Levels of Mauritian Society CHAPTER FOUR Dimensions of Ethnicity CHAPTER FIVE Contested Symbols: Language and Religion CHAPTER SIX Cross-Cutting Ties: The Non-Ethnic CHAPTER SEVEN Mauritian Nationhoods, CHAPTER EIGHT The Mauritian Dilemma CHAPTER NINE Conclusions and Prospects
Biography
Thomas Hylland Eriksen Professor,Department and Museum of Anthropology, University of Oslo
