Naseem Lallmahomed-Aumeerally
Biographic Data
| ID | 97723 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Naseem Lallmahomed-Aumeerally |
| GIVEN NAMES | Naseem |
| FAMILY NAME | Lallmahomed-Aumeerally |
| SIGNATURE | LALLMAHOMED-AUMEERALLY N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Mauritius |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Intersectional Religious Agency: Mauritian Muslim Women and the Negotiation of Porous Interfaces
This paper explores the lives of 12 Mauritian Muslim women of three generations, and the ways in which they negotiate agency in what is at once a multicultural, pluralistic island nation and also a space in which religious boundaries are socially and institutionally maintained. Using the concept of intersectional religious agency, we argue that the experiences of the Muslim women from our sample are best understood in terms of their daily, creati…
Minority rights and anti-discrimination policy in Mauritius – the case of ‘Malaise Creole’
This paper focuses on anti-discrimination guidelines covered by the mandates and reports of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) as well as the Truth and Justice Commission (TJC) in Mauritius. It argues that in setting up the EOC and TJC, the government appears to have initiated a rethinking of the national ideology of multiculturalism from recognition in terms of ethnic collage to recognition as inclusive of issues of access and opportunity.…
A reading of Bollywood cinema as a site of melancholia for Indo-Mauritian Muslim female youth
Using questionnaire and interview findings from 120 young Mauritians, this paper explores the ways in which young Mauritian Muslim women form part of a cross-religious and cross-national intimate public consuming Hindi films. Bollywood romances are among the most significant cultural resources through which young Mauritian Muslim women imagine their female selves and reconnect with their Indo-Muslim heritage, despite overlapping local/global cult…
Minority rights and anti-discrimination policy in Mauritius – the case of ‘Malaise Creole’
This paper focuses on anti-discrimination guidelines covered by the mandates and reports of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) as well as the Truth and Justice Commission (TJC) in Mauritius. It argues that in setting up the EOC and TJC, the government appears to have initiated a rethinking of the national ideology of multiculturalism from recognition in terms of ethnic collage to recognition as inclusive of issues of access and opportunity.…
A reading of Bollywood cinema as a site of melancholia for Indo-Mauritian Muslim female youth
Using questionnaire and interview findings from 120 young Mauritians, this paper explores the ways in which young Mauritian Muslim women form part of a cross-religious and cross-national intimate public consuming Hindi films. Bollywood romances are among the most significant cultural resources through which young Mauritian Muslim women imagine their female selves and reconnect with their Indo-Muslim heritage, despite overlapping local/global cult…
A reading of Bollywood cinema as a site of melancholia for Indo-Mauritian Muslim female youth
Using questionnaire and interview findings from 120 young Mauritians, this paper explores the ways in which young Mauritian Muslim women form part of a cross-religious and cross-national intimate public consuming Hindi films. Bollywood romances are among the most significant cultural resources through which young Mauritian Muslim women imagine their female selves and reconnect with their Indo-Muslim heritage, despite overlapping local/global cult…
Minority rights and anti-discrimination policy in Mauritius – the case of ‘Malaise Creole’
This paper focuses on anti-discrimination guidelines covered by the mandates and reports of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) as well as the Truth and Justice Commission (TJC) in Mauritius. It argues that in setting up the EOC and TJC, the government appears to have initiated a rethinking of the national ideology of multiculturalism from recognition in terms of ethnic collage to recognition as inclusive of issues of access and opportunity.…
Intersectional Religious Agency: Mauritian Muslim Women and the Negotiation of Porous Interfaces
This paper explores the lives of 12 Mauritian Muslim women of three generations, and the ways in which they negotiate agency in what is at once a multicultural, pluralistic island nation and also a space in which religious boundaries are socially and institutionally maintained. Using the concept of intersectional religious agency, we argue that the experiences of the Muslim women from our sample are best understood in terms of their daily, creati…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economic Zones and Regional Development (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Multiculturalism (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · Ambivalence (1 works) · Art (1 works)