Disgesting the tropic : the aura ofIndo-Mauritian spirituality implicit intheaestheticisation of coconut water’ssocial life
dc.contributor.author | Kantu, Asso'o Jeanne Rita | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-15T10:35:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-15T10:35:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.description | A research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts(Coursework and Research Report) in Social Anthropology By ASSO’OJEANNERITAKANTU Supervisor: Associate Professor SharadChari (CISA) UniversityoftheWitwatersrand &Centre for IndianStudies in Africa (CISA) August 2017 | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | BasedonanethnographicstudyoftwoIndo-MauritianfamiliesineasternMauritius,their gatheringsandtheirritualsbasedonanHindufaith,thisresearchreportstudiestherelationship betweenaesthetics,spiritualityandaurainthemasscommoditizationandadvertisingofbottled coconutwater.Usingparticipantobservation,in-depthinterviewsandsemioticimageryanalysis, thisreportsuggeststhatthecoconut,inHindubelief,hasavitalmaterialityandcariesanaurain itsphysicalcompositionandphysiologicalcontentwhich:1)allows it to travel across pace and time2)endowsitwitha‘divinity’thatvalidatesitseconomicexploitandrepresentationand3) standsasanOrientalistmacrocosmicsymbolforthemicrorealities,intimacies,socialrelations and lived experiences of every day life on a ‘paradise’ island. Keywords:aura ,aesthetic, spiritualty, Hindu, Indo-Mauritian, vitalmateriality | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | GR2017 | en_ZA |
dc.format.extent | Online resource (119 leaves) | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kantu, Rita Assoo (2018) Disgesting the tropics : the aura of indo-Mauritian spirituality implicit in the aestheticisation of coconut water's social life, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, https://hdl.handle.net/10539/26276 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10539/26276 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.subject.lcsh | Religions | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Ethnology--Religious aspects | |
dc.title | Disgesting the tropic : the aura ofIndo-Mauritian spirituality implicit intheaestheticisation of coconut water’ssocial life | en_ZA |
dc.type | Thesis | en_ZA |
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