Rainbow Colors: Literary Ethnotopographies Of Mauritius

Synopsis

The Narratives Under Consideration In Rainbow Colors Depict Mauritius's History Of Competing Colonial Forces, Describe Its Intimate Social Geography Of Free And Forced Migrations, And Portray The Anxieties Of Mixed Race Persons And Cultures In Postcolonies. This Study Argues That There Is No Single Grand Narrative Of Cultural Hybridity And Ethnic Pluralism In Mauritius.--jacket. 1 Coloring The Rainbow: An Introduction 1 -- 2 Coolie Heroism: Nationalism, Postnationalism And The Romance Of Indenture Immigration 19 -- 3 Walking On Fire: Religion, Gender And Identity In Ananda Devi's Le Voile De Draupadi 47 -- 4 Ambivalently Abnormal: Metis As Racial Grotesque In Loys Masson's L'etoile Et La Clef And Carl De Souza's Le Sang De L'anglais 63 -- 5 Colors Of Shame: Metissage And Desire In Marie-therese Humbert's A L'autre Bout De Moi 85 -- 6 Remembering To Forget: War And Domesticity In Marcelle Lagesse's Le Vingt Floreal Au Matin 103 -- 7 Drifting Pauls And Wandering Virginies: French Creole Identities In Jean-marie Le Clezio's La Quarantaine 125 -- 8 Trodden Rainbow: Toward An Ethics Of Reading Violence In Ananda Devi's Moi, L'interdite 145. Srilata Ravi. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 159-168) And Index.