Jeffery Chagos Islanders in Mauritius and the UK

Forced displacement and onward migration
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84779-413-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

Reihe: New Ethnographies

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jeffery, Laura

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Note to readers
Introduction: Forced displacement and onward migration
Part: Marginalisation and mobilisation
1. Marginalisation in Mauritius
2. Mobilisation in exile
Part II Narrating homeland, displacement, suffering, and loss
3. Singing the homeland
4. The politics of culture in exile
Part III Onward migration
5. Echoes of marginalisation in Crawley
6. Making home in exile
Postscript. Legal and environmental barriers to resettlement
References

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffery Laura:
Laura Jeffery is Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of EdinburghLaura Jeffery is Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh