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Across the waves: Strategies of belonging in Indian Ocean Island societies ; edited by Iain Walker and Marie-Aude Fouéré.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: African social studies series ; volume 44Publisher: [2022]Description: viii, 231p.: illustration, map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789004510098
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Across the wavesLOC classification:
  • DT468 .A27 2022
Other classification:
  • Y73(P6):U42).2 R2
Partial contents:
Notes on contributors -- Introduction: strategies of belonging in Indian Ocean Island societies -- Part 1 Zanzibar -- Part 2 Madagascar, Mauritius and Mayotte -- Index.
Summary: "All the islands of the western Indian Ocean are immigrant societies: Austronesian seafarers, African slaves, Arab traders, South Asian indentured labourers and European plantation owners have all settled, more or less voluntarily, on Madagascar and Zanzibar, in the Mascarenes and the Comoros. Successive arrivals often struggle to establish their places in these societies, negotiating their way in the face of antipathy, resistance, even violence, as different claims to belonging conflict. The contributions to this volume take a selection of case studies from across the region, and from different perspectives, contributing to a theorisation of the concept of belonging itself. Contributors are Patrick Desplat, Franziska Fay, Marie-Aude Fouéré, Akbar Keshodkar, Hans Olsson, Gitanjali Pyndiah, Ramola Ramtohul, Iain Walker"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Notes on contributors -- Introduction: strategies of belonging in Indian Ocean Island societies -- Part 1 Zanzibar -- Part 2 Madagascar, Mauritius and Mayotte -- Index.

"All the islands of the western Indian Ocean are immigrant societies: Austronesian seafarers, African slaves, Arab traders, South Asian indentured labourers and European plantation owners have all settled, more or less voluntarily, on Madagascar and Zanzibar, in the Mascarenes and the Comoros. Successive arrivals often struggle to establish their places in these societies, negotiating their way in the face of antipathy, resistance, even violence, as different claims to belonging conflict. The contributions to this volume take a selection of case studies from across the region, and from different perspectives, contributing to a theorisation of the concept of belonging itself. Contributors are Patrick Desplat, Franziska Fay, Marie-Aude Fouéré, Akbar Keshodkar, Hans Olsson, Gitanjali Pyndiah, Ramola Ramtohul, Iain Walker"-- Provided by publisher.

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