Renegotiation of identity in Australia through the Reunionese art form

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Book Chapter

Publication Title

Asian women, identity and migration: Experiences of transnational women of Indian origin/heritage

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Routledge / Taylor & Francis

School

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)

Comments

Toulcanon, M. H. (2020). Renegotiation of identity in Australia through the Reunionese art form: Maloya. In N. Belford & R. Lahiri-Roy (Eds.), Asian Women, Identity and Migration: Experiences of transnational women of Indian origin/heritage (pp. 139-152). Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003083085-11/renegotiation-identity-australia-reunionese-art-form-muriel-hillion-toulcanon

Abstract

“People always say that Maloya is side-lined, forgotten, neglected, criti-
cised” (as cited in Samson & Sandroni, 2013, p. 548). Maloya, the
Reunionese emblematic dance and music art form, was born at the time of
slavery and plantation in Bourbon, a French colony, now named La
Réunion. ...

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