Magic, Modernity, and Race in Seychelles: The Situation of Grigri in the Modern Creole Order
| dc.contributor.author | Palmyre, Michael Gilbert George | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Donna Butorac | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Philip Moore | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-20T03:57:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-07-20T03:57:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/92791 | |
| dc.description.abstract |
In 1977, a socialist coup d'etat in Seychelles instituted an era of anti-colonial, anti-capitalist, and pro-African Creole nationalism. One aspect of Creoleness – witchcraft, or ‘grigri’ – was excluded from the Creole canon. Using grigri as a lens through which to examine modernity and race in Seychelles, this ethnographic research explores how grigri has signified a pre-modern blackness and how Creole people have responded to such colonial logics. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Curtin University | en_US |
| dc.title | Magic, Modernity, and Race in Seychelles: The Situation of Grigri in the Modern Creole Order | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dcterms.educationLevel | PhD | en_US |
| curtin.department | School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry | en_US |
| curtin.accessStatus | Open access | en_US |
| curtin.faculty | Humanities | en_US |
| curtin.contributor.orcid | Palmyre, Michael Gilbert George [0000-0001-9103-7674] | en_US |