Reunion : an island in search of an identity /
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| Author / Creator: | Médéa, Laurent. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Pretoria : Unisa Press, c2010. |
| Description: | xxi, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8302481 |
| Summary: | The 750,000 inhabitants of Reunion Island - located east of Madagascar - make up a plural and complex society: a mosaic, artificially composed, created ex nihilo by French colonial rulers under the impulse of European market capitalism. The absence of any deep-rooted indigenous cultural identity prior to plantation slavery and colonization, constitutes a fundamental dimension of the quest for identity within Reunionese society. This book is a study of Reunion Island's social identity. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-198) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781868884964 1868884961 |
