Chagos Islanders in Mauritius and the Uk - Forced Displacement and Onward Migration

Informationen zum Autor Laura Jeffery is Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh Klappentext This is the first book to compare the experiences of displaced Chagos islanders in Mauritius with the experiences of those Chagossians who have moved to the UK since 2002. It provides a unique ethnographic comparative study of forced displacement and onward migration within the living memory of one community. Zusammenfassung This is the first book to compare the experiences of displaced Chagos islanders in Mauritius with the experiences of those Chagossians who have moved to the UK since 2002. It provides a unique ethnographic comparative study of forced displacement and onward migration within the living memory of one community. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Note to readersIntroduction: Forced displacement and onward migrationPart : Marginalisation and mobilisation 1. Marginalisation in Mauritius2. Mobilisation in exilePart II Narrating homeland, displacement, suffering, and loss3. Singing the homeland4. The politics of culture in exilePart III Onward migration5. Echoes of marginalisation in Crawley6. Making home in exilePostscript. Legal and environmental barriers to resettlementReferences

Product details

• Authors: Laura Jeffery
• Assisted by: Alexander Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2016
• EAN: 9781784993825
• ISBN: 978-1-78499-382-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: New Ethnographies; New Ethnograpies Mup; New Ethnographies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories