The dynamics of language and ethnicity in Mauritius
Sambajee, Pratima (2016) The dynamics of language and ethnicity in Mauritius. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 16 (2). pp. 215-229. ISSN 1470-5958 (https://doi.org/10.1177/1470595816660123)
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Abstract
The link between ethnicity and language has been well established in research but its contextual, perspectual and variable nature demands that this connection be re-examined in each attempt to understand a nation. This paper is about Mauritius, a postcolonial context where French and British colonisation has left salient features which continue to influence the dynamics around language and ethnicity in the country. By describing its demographic characteristics and its linguistic and political situation, I retrieve some of the key facets of this multi-ethnic and multi-lingual nation which evidence resistance by both the state and the populace against the established colonial languages. To compensate for the lack of appropriate theoretical framework in existing research on Mauritius, I use Homi Bhabha’s postcolonial theoretical framework to uncover the realities faced by both the state and the people of this country and the impacts these may have in the workplace.
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Item type: Article ID code: 55212 Dates: DateEvent1 August 2016Published23 December 2015AcceptedSubjects: Social Sciences > Communities. Classes. Races Department: Strathclyde Business School > Strategy and Organisation Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 05 Jan 2016 13:53 Last modified: 04 Dec 2024 01:15 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/55212