Mauritian Novel : Fictions of Belonging

Mauritian Novel : Fictions of Belonging

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This book analyses how the idea - or the problem - of belonging is articulated in a range of contemporary francophone Mauritian novels. Waters explores how forms of affective belonging intersect with the exclusionary 'politics of belonging' in novels by Nathacha Appanah, Ananda Devi, Shena...

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Main Author: Waters, Julia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Liverpool University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Problem of Belonging in Mauritius; 1. Belonging to the Moment: Carl de Souza's Les Jours Kaya; 2. Belonging to the Island: Nathacha Appanah's Blue Bay Palace and Ananda Devi's Ève de ses decombres; 3. Belonging Nowhere: Shenaz Patel's Le Silence des Chagos; 4. Everyday Belonging: Bertrand de Robillard's L'Homme qui penche and Une interminable distraction au monde; 5. Nomadic Belonging: Amal Sewtohul's Histoire d'Ashok et d'autres personnages de moindre importance and Made in Mauritius; Conclusion: Over the Rainbow; Bibliography; Index

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