Cyclonic Lives in an Indian Ocean World by Robert M. Rouphail - 9780821426777

Ohio University Press

Cyclonic Lives in an Indian Ocean WorldEnvironment, Disaster, and Identity in Modern Mauritius\nAuthor(s): Robert M. Rouphail\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Ohio University Press, United States\nImprint: Ohio University Press\nISBN-13: 9780821426777, 978-0821426777\nSynopsis\nDisasters as historical processes shaping identity, governance, and diasporic memory in colonial and postcolonial Mauritius\n\nIn a world marked by increasingly destructive ecological and meteorological upheavals, Cyclonic Lives in an Indian Ocean World offers a historical analysis of how these catastrophes shape peoples understanding of themselves, their collective history, and their relationship to the institutions that govern them. An examination of cyclonic disasters in the multiethnic Indian Ocean island of Mauritius throws into stark relief how deep histories of diasporic identity formation, of imperial governance, and of the informal practices of racial difference making graft onto how everyday people inte.