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

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

A Research Report Submittedin PartialFulfilment oftheRequirements fortheDegreeof MasterofArts(Coursework andResearch Report) in SocialAnthropology By ASSO’OJEANNERITAKANTU Supervisor: Associate Professor SharadChari (CISA) UniversityoftheWitwatersrand &Centre for IndianStudies in Africa (CIS...

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Main Author: Kantu, Asso'o Jeanne Rita
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Language:en
Published: 2019
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10539/26276
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spelling ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-wits-oai-wiredspace.wits.ac.za-10539-262762019-05-11T03:41:54Z Disgesting the tropic : Theaura ofIndo-Mauritian spirituality implicit intheaestheticisation of coconut water’ssocial life Kantu, Asso'o Jeanne Rita A Research Report Submittedin PartialFulfilment oftheRequirements fortheDegreeof MasterofArts(Coursework andResearch Report) in SocialAnthropology By ASSO’OJEANNERITAKANTU Supervisor: Associate Professor SharadChari (CISA) UniversityoftheWitwatersrand &Centre for IndianStudies in Africa (CISA) August 2017 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 GR2017 2019-01-15T10:35:40Z 2019-01-15T10:35:40Z 2017 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/10539/26276 en application/pdf
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description A Research Report Submittedin PartialFulfilment oftheRequirements fortheDegreeof MasterofArts(Coursework andResearch Report) in SocialAnthropology By ASSO’OJEANNERITAKANTU Supervisor: Associate Professor SharadChari (CISA) UniversityoftheWitwatersrand &Centre for IndianStudies in Africa (CISA) August 2017 === 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 === GR2017
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title_short Disgesting the tropic : Theaura ofIndo-Mauritian spirituality implicit intheaestheticisation of coconut water’ssocial life
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