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How does one explain the poverty and marginalization of a group that lives in a remarkably successful economy and peaceful society? A native anthropologist, the author provides critical insight into the dynamics of contemporary Mauritian society. In her meticulously researched study of ethnic, gender and racial discrimination in Mauritius, she addresses debates carried out in many developing societies on subaltern identities, ethnicity, poverty and social injustice. The book therefore also offers important empirical material for scholars interested in the wider Indian Ocean region and beyond.

Creoles --- Racism --- Ethnic identity. --- Mauritius --- Race relations. --- Bias, Racial --- Race bias --- Race prejudice --- Racial bias --- Prejudices --- Anti-racism --- Critical race theory --- Race relations --- Racially mixed people --- Île Maurice --- Maurice --- Drontens ö --- Mōrishasu --- Mavrikiĭ --- Republic of Mauritius --- Môriśasa --- Mārīśasa --- Mauritious --- République de Maurice --- Repiblik Moris --- モーリシャス --- Mauricio --- Estado de Mauricio --- מאוריציוס --- Maʼuritsyus --- Île de France

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French literature --- Quests (Expeditions) --- Treasure troves --- Mauritius --- Île Maurice --- Maurice --- Drontens ö --- Mōrishasu --- Mavrikiĭ --- Republic of Mauritius --- Môriśasa --- Mārīśasa --- Mauritious --- République de Maurice --- Repiblik Moris --- モーリシャス --- Mauricio --- Estado de Mauricio --- מאוריציוס --- Maʼuritsyus --- Île de France

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This book gives a fascinating account of the unique history of the national – creole – language of Mauritius and the process of standardization that it is undergoing in postcolonial times. The central question is how far a creative writer's activity may affect the status and linguistic forms of a regional language. The book focuses on the work of the author Dev Virahsawmy, who, particularly through his Shakespeare translations, is an active agent in the standardization of Mauritian creole. The approaches employed in From Creole to Standard combine a sociolinguistic examination of (changing) language attitudes with detailed textual studies of some of Virahsawmy's works to show the relation of his work to the process of language development. This book is relevant to the study of other creole languages undergoing standardization as well as to questions of language development more widely. Its strength lies precisely in its interdisciplinary approach, which addresses different readerships. Mooneeram’s study is of great interest to both postcolonial thinking and sociolinguistics but also has important implications for debates about the role of canonical literary works and their transmission in the wider world. Her book is also a contribution to Shakespeare studies and the field of literary linguistics. There are interesting parallels between the contemporary situation of Mauritian creole and English in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Virahsawmy’s adaptations and translations into creole echo the role Shakespeare’s ‘originals’ played for English, and Mooneeram demonstrates how other writers have followed Virahsawmy in using literary forms to enrich the language.

Creole dialects, French --- Creole dialects, French. --- Language and languages. --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics --- French Creole languages --- Mauritius --- Mauritius. --- Drontens --- Estado de Mauricio --- Île Maurice --- Mārīśasa --- Maurice --- Mauricio --- Mauritious --- Maʼuritsyus --- Mavriki --- Môriśasa --- Mōrishasu --- Repiblik Moris --- Republic of Mauritius --- République de Maurice --- Languages. --- History.

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Medicine --- Medicine. --- Medical Informatics. --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Medical Specialities --- Medical Specialties --- Medical Specialty --- Specialities, Medical --- Specialties, Medical --- Specialty, Medical --- Medical Speciality --- Speciality, Medical --- Health Workforce --- Mauritius. --- Drontens --- Estado de Mauricio --- Île Maurice --- Mārīśasa --- Maurice --- Mauricio --- Mauritious --- Maʼuritsyus --- Mavriki --- Môriśasa --- Mōrishasu --- Repiblik Moris --- Republic of Mauritius --- République de Maurice --- Human medicine --- Health Sciences --- General and Others

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The Chagos islanders were forcibly uprooted from the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean between 1965 and 1973. 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 thus provides a unique ethnographic comparative study of forced displacement and onward migration within the living memory of one community.Based on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork in Mauritius and Crawley (West Sussex), the six chapters explore Chagossians' challenging lives in Mauritius, the mobilisation of

Population transfers --- Chagossians --- Chagos Islanders --- Chagosians --- Ilois (Chagossians) --- Ethnology --- Chagossians. --- History --- Mauritius --- Great Britain --- British Indian Ocean Territory --- Chagos Islands --- Chagos Archipelago --- BIOT --- Île Maurice --- Maurice --- Drontens ö --- Mōrishasu --- Mavrikiĭ --- Republic of Mauritius --- Môriśasa --- Mārīśasa --- Mauritious --- République de Maurice --- Repiblik Moris --- モーリシャス --- Mauricio --- Estado de Mauricio --- מאוריציוס --- Maʼuritsyus --- Île de France --- Emigration and immigration. --- Chagos Archipelago. --- Chagos islanders. --- Crawley. --- Indian Ocean. --- Mauritius. --- culture in exile. --- displaced people. --- forced displacement. --- onward migration.