Marina Carter has worked and studied for many years in Mauritius, where she founded a pioneering NGO called the Centre for Research on Indian Ocean Societies (CRIOS). She was recently appointed as Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh. Khal Torabully completed his PhD in Lyon in 1976. His interest in mosaic identity brought forward an innovative book, 'Cale d'étoiles-coolitude', the founding text of the coolie migration viewed from the sea voyage, as space of identity construction/deconstruction in the post-modernist sense.
Introduction
The Coolie Odyssey: A Voyage In Time and Space
Thrice Victimised: Casting The Coolie
Surviving Indenture
Reclaiming The 'Other': Diaspora Indians And The Coolie Heritage
Some Theoretical Premises of Coolitude
Conclusion: Revoicing the Coolie
Poetic and Critical Texts of Coolitude
Notes
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