Eisenlohr Patrick. Little India: Diaspora, Time, and Ethnolinguistic Belonging in Hindu Mauritius

University of California Press, 2006. — xvi, 328 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-520-24879-3.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.Creole Island or Little India? The Politics of Language and Diaspora
An Indo-Mauritian World: “Ancestral Culture,” Hindus, and Their Others
Social Semiotics of Language: Shifting Registers, Narrative, and Performance
Colonial Education, Ethnolinguistic Identifications, and the Origins of Ancestral Languages
Performing Purity: Television and Ethnolinguistic Recognition
Calibrations of Displacement: Diasporization,
Ancestral Language, and Temporality
Conclusion: Time, Technology, and Language