Remy Ollier and Imperial Citizenship

Nahaboo, Zaki (2018) Remy Ollier and Imperial Citizenship. Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, 20 (5). pp. 717-733. ISSN 1369-801X

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Abstract

This essay discusses RémyOllier’s (1816–45) journalism. As an early claimant of citizenship through (rather than against) the British Empire during the 1840s, Ollier attempted to redress a gap that he perceived between the institutionalization of rights in Britain and Mauritius. Established accounts of Ollier’s political intervention provide a rich narrative of how his efforts are implicated in the development of rights in Mauritius and broader postcolonial nationalisms. However, I argue that facets of his expression of imperial citizenship reside apart from this genealogy. To explore how Ollier uniquely created imperial citizenship, an “acts”-influenced approach to citizenship is adopted. By analyzing his writings in La Sentinelle de Maurice, I reveal how imperial citizenship is generated through a subversive loyalism to Britain and an orientalist portrayal of indentured labourers. I conclude by mobilizing Ollier’s struggle as a challenge to the notion that citizenship realizes itself in teleological fashion.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1080/1369801X.2018.1487317
Dates:	Date Event 1 June 2018 Accepted 21 June 2018 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	citizenship, imperialism, indentured labour, Mauritius, Ollier, Rémy, subaltern
Subjects:	CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-03 - politics > CAH15-03-01 - politics CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-02 - sociology CAH20 - historical, philosophical and religious studies > CAH20-01 - history and archaeology > CAH20-01-01 - history
Divisions:	Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Law, Social and Criminal Justice
Depositing User:	Zaki Nahaboo
Date Deposited:	21 Dec 2019 10:31
Last Modified:	11 Jun 2024 12:49
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/8613

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