Little India is a rich historical and ethnographic examination of a fascinating example of linguistic plurality on the island of Mauritius, where more than two-thirds of the population is of Indian ancestry. Patrick Eisenlohr's groundbreaking study focuses on the formation of diaspora as mediated through the cultural phenomenon of Indian ancestral languages--principally Hindi, which is used primarily in religious contexts. Eisenlohr emphasizes the variety of cultural practices that construct and transform boundaries in communities in diaspora and illustrates different modes of experiencing the temporal relationships between diaspora and homeland.
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"Through the depth, subtlety and breadth of his intellectual engagement with Mauritius, Eisenlohr establishes himself as one of our leading scholars on South Asia. Empirically rich, theoretically informed, imaginative, nuanced, and powerfully argued, Little India should transform how we think about language ideology, quotidian and ritual practice, and the complex intersections of national and transnational politics of culture." - Don Brenneis, Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz"
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"Through the depth, subtlety and breadth of his intellectual engagement with Mauritius, Eisenlohr establishes himself as one of our leading scholars on South Asia. Empirically rich, theoretically informed, imaginative, nuanced, and powerfully argued, Little India should transform how we think about language ideology, quotidian and ritual practice, and the complex intersections of national and transnational politics of culture."--Don Brenneis, Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz
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purist register, honorific verb suffixes, immigrating ancestors, ethnolinguistic recognition, diasporic belonging, linguistic ethnicity, ancestral languages, diasporic homeland, souvenir magazine, diasporic link, interactional stances, honorific pronouns, semiotic technologies, language activism, language revitalization, semiotic technology, linguistic ideologies, ethnoreligious groups, honorific forms, ancestral culture, language activists, linguistic purism, vernacular education, linguistic differentiation, linguistic varieties Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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purist register, honorific verb suffixes, immigrating ancestors, ethnolinguistic recognition, diasporic belonging, linguistic ethnicity, ancestral languages, diasporic homeland, souvenir magazine, diasporic link, interactional stances, honorific pronouns, semiotic technologies, language activism, language revitalization, semiotic technology, linguistic ideologies, ethnoreligious groups, honorific forms, ancestral culture, language activists, linguistic purism, vernacular education, linguistic differentiation, linguistic varieties Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mauritian Bhojpuri, Mauritian Creole, Hindu Mauritians, Grand Bassin, Ganga Talao, Mauritian Hindus, Social Semiotics of Language, Port Louis, Arya Samaj, Second World War, Hindu Council, Human Service Trust, Sai Baba, Mauritius Sanatan Dharm Temples Federation, South Asia, Catholic Church, Hindu House, Hindu Maha Sabha, Indian Hindu, Benedict Anderson, Performing Purity, School Certificate, Arya Sabha, Calibrations of Displacement, Colonial Office New!
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- Language Transplanted: Development of Overseas Hindi (Khoj-Modern South Asian Studies) by R.K. Barz on 4 pages
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- The theory and practice of history (The European historiography series) by Leopold von Ranke in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Contesting the Nation: Religion, Community, and the Politics of Democracy in India (South Asia Seminar) by David Ludden in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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