What’s in a Demonym? A note on a new and uplifting ethnonym

Jan Tent

doi:10.1080/00277738.2017.1415543

What’s in a Demonym? A note on a new and uplifting ethnonym

Jan Tent^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Other journal contribution › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)

Abstract

Ethnicity is all important in Fiji, and labels for the different ethnic groups are a constant source of debate. A significant proportion of Fiji’s population are descendants of indentured laborers from the Indian subcontinent. An appropriate name for these citizens has for a long time been a contentious issue. In 2017 a new name was proposed; one that signals the beginning of a change in attitude. This note reports on the new name.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	103-105
Number of pages	3
Journal	Names
Volume	66
Issue number	2
Early online date	5 Jan 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00277738.2017.1415543
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

Fiji
Fijian
Indo-Fijian
ethnicity
demonym

Access to Document

10.1080/00277738.2017.1415543

Cite this

@article{3eb185f2d0ec47308622045e197edf18,

title = "What{\textquoteright}s in a Demonym? A note on a new and uplifting ethnonym",

abstract = "Ethnicity is all important in Fiji, and labels for the different ethnic groups are a constant source of debate. A significant proportion of Fiji{\textquoteright}s population are descendants of indentured laborers from the Indian subcontinent. An appropriate name for these citizens has for a long time been a contentious issue. In 2017 a new name was proposed; one that signals the beginning of a change in attitude. This note reports on the new name.",

keywords = "Fiji, Fijian, Indo-Fijian, ethnicity, demonym",

author = "Jan Tent",

year = "2018",

doi = "10.1080/00277738.2017.1415543",

language = "English",

volume = "66",

pages = "103--105",

journal = "Names",

issn = "0027-7738",

publisher = "Maney Publishing",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - What’s in a Demonym? A note on a new and uplifting ethnonym

AU - Tent, Jan

PY - 2018

Y1 - 2018

N2 - Ethnicity is all important in Fiji, and labels for the different ethnic groups are a constant source of debate. A significant proportion of Fiji’s population are descendants of indentured laborers from the Indian subcontinent. An appropriate name for these citizens has for a long time been a contentious issue. In 2017 a new name was proposed; one that signals the beginning of a change in attitude. This note reports on the new name.

AB - Ethnicity is all important in Fiji, and labels for the different ethnic groups are a constant source of debate. A significant proportion of Fiji’s population are descendants of indentured laborers from the Indian subcontinent. An appropriate name for these citizens has for a long time been a contentious issue. In 2017 a new name was proposed; one that signals the beginning of a change in attitude. This note reports on the new name.

KW - Fiji

KW - Fijian

KW - Indo-Fijian

KW - ethnicity

KW - demonym

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041098940&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/00277738.2017.1415543

DO - 10.1080/00277738.2017.1415543

M3 - Other journal contribution

AN - SCOPUS:85041098940

VL - 66

SP - 103

EP - 105

JO - Names

JF - Names

SN - 0027-7738

IS - 2

ER -

What’s in a Demonym? A note on a new and uplifting ethnonym

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this