(Re)construcción identitaria y pertenencia de los mauricianos en la actualidad: el caso de Les Rochers de Poudre d'Or de Nathacha Appanah
From the late 18th century onwards, there was a large influx of migration from India to Mauritius. After the abolition of slavery, British colonisers looked to Asian countries for cheap labour, especially India, where they hired workers to till the sugar cane fields. Since then, there has been a gre...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Salamanca (USAL) |
| Repositorio: | GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/160162 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10366/160162 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Nathacha Appanah Francophone literature Migration Identity Mauritius India Literatura francófona Migración Identidad Mauricio |
| Sumario: | From the late 18th century onwards, there was a large influx of migration from India to Mauritius. After the abolition of slavery, British colonisers looked to Asian countries for cheap labour, especially India, where they hired workers to till the sugar cane fields. Since then, there has been a great cultural, linguistic, religious, and ethnic diversity living on the island. This historical moment is recounted by the French-speaking Mauritian author of Indian origin, Nathacha Appanah (1973-), in her first novel Les Rochers de Poudre d'Or (2003). We will use this literary work as a working corpus in order to reflect on the process of identity (re)construction of the migrants who inhabit this territory. Likewise, this imaginary will be used as a framework to theorize the importance of the representation and cohabitation of other identities within the same geopolitical space. |
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