Unravelling Le Malaise Créole: Hybridity and Marginalisation in Mauritius

Boswell, Rosabelle

doi:10.1080/10702890490950574

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“…The symbolic dimensions of ethnicity based on race and religion are primordial in Mauritius Deerpalsing (2002) also found that most Mauritians still felt the need to preserve the memory of their ancestors and maintain their ethnic identity. With political parties formed along ethnic lines even after four decades of independence, national identity has not developed (Boswell, 2005;Callikan, 2001;Jahangeer-Chojoo, 2010). Moreover, Eriksen (1994) claimed that despite the universal practice of Kreol language, government supported cultural centres for each ethnic group instead of national institutions will continue to hinder national identity from developing.…”

Section: Ethnicity and Religionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The dynamics of language and ethnicity in Mauritius

Sambajee

2016

Int'l Jnl of Cross Cultural Management

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The link between ethnicity and language has been well established in research but its contextual, perspectual and variable nature demands that this connection be re-examined in each attempt to understand a nation. This paper is about Mauritius, a postcolonial context where French and British colonisation has left salient features which continue to influence the dynamics around language and ethnicity in the country. By describing its demographic characteristics and its linguistic and political situation, I retrieve some of the key facets of this multi-ethnic and multi-lingual nation which evidence resistance by both the state and the populace against the established colonial languages. To compensate for the lack of appropriate theoretical framework in existing research on Mauritius, I use Homi Bhabha’s postcolonial theoretical framework to uncover the realities faced by both the state and the people of this country and the impacts these may have in the workplace

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Section: Ethnicity and Religionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The dynamics of language and ethnicity in Mauritius

Sambajee

2016

Int'l Jnl of Cross Cultural Management

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“…But this notion also implies a past-oriented commitment to a tradition based in a homeland or around a religion (the umma). In contrast, although there has been an attempt towards the Africanization of the Creole identity, the Creoles, as a result of fragmentation and hybridization that occurred under slavery, are actually a culturally diverse group (Boswell, 2005(Boswell, , 2006. They are a mixed group of people living in a context in which ethnic homogeneity and cultural ancestry are recognized and encouraged at the subgroup level.…”

Section: Status Group Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intergroup evaluations, group indispensability and prototypicality judgments: A study in Mauritius

Tseung‐Wong

Verkuyten

2010

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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This paper focuses on the superordinate (national)-subgroup (ethnic) association in relation to group identifications, relative ingroup indispensability, relative ingroup prototypicality and their effects on outgroup and ingroup evaluations. Survey data were collected from a large sample of Mauritian adolescents ( N = 1,784) from three ethnic groups (Hindus, Muslims, Creoles). National and dual identifiers were more positive towards the outgroups than ethnic identifiers. Furthermore, relative ingroup prototypicality and relative ingroup indispensability were empirically distinguishable constructs. The Creoles, who are of lower status, had higher scores on both these measures. Also it turned out that relative ingroup indispensability and relative ingroup prototypicality were independently associated to respectively more negative outgroup evaluation and more positive ingroup evaluation. The findings give a differentiated view of the idea that a complex representation of the superordinate category fosters outgroup acceptance.

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“…The film's account is consistent both with those of the Mauritian government and with local Indians' predominant self-image as hard-working, well-educated and prudent, conversely implying the absence of such virtues in the large Creole minority. 2 Given the film's status as the most visible, professionally-produced documentary concerning Mauritius, a country whose history has been marked by significant experiences of slavery and bonded labour, its viewpoint and techniques have significance. It appears in a context of increasing efforts by Indian governments to extend their influence among and beyond the Indian diaspora.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%