TY  - GEN
AU  - Eisenlohr, Patrick
TI  - Little India: diaspora, time, and ethnolinguistic belonging in Hindu Mauritius
SN  - 9780520248809
U1  - 306.44096982 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Mauritius
KW  - Anthropological linguistics
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - East Indians
KW  - Hindi language
KW  - Hindus
N1  - Includes index, illustrations and references
N2  - 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.

https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520248809/little-india
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