The Mauritian Novel : Fictions of Belonging.

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: eBook
Language:English
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2019.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures Series
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505 0 |a 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 décombres -- 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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