Disgesting the tropic : the aura ofIndo-Mauritian spirituality implicit intheaestheticisation of coconut water’ssocial life

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dc.contributor.authorKantu, Asso'o Jeanne Rita
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-15T10:35:40Z
dc.date.available2019-01-15T10:35:40Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionA 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 2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractBasedonanethnographicstudyoftwoIndo-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, vitalmaterialityen_ZA
dc.description.librarianGR2017en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (119 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationKantu, 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.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/26276
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshReligions
dc.subject.lcshEthnology--Religious aspects
dc.titleDisgesting the tropic : the aura ofIndo-Mauritian spirituality implicit intheaestheticisation of coconut water’ssocial lifeen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA

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