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A History of the Present: A Biography of Indian South Africans 1990-2019 - Couverture rigide

Desai, Professor Ashwin; Vahed, Professor Goolam

 
9780199498017: A History of the Present: A Biography of Indian South Africans 1990-2019
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0199498016 ISBN 13 : 9780199498017
Editeur : OUP India, 2019

Synopsis

A History of the Present is the first book-length overview of Indian South Africans in the quarter century following the end of apartheid. Based on oral interviews and archival research it threads a narrative of the lives of Indian South Africans that ranges from the working class men and women to the heady heights of the newly minted billionaires; the changes wrought in the fields of religion and gender; opportunities offered on the sporting fields; the search for roots producing local histories that tell of nostalgia, longing and identity; and the links with India and a myriad of transnational organisations. Indians in South Africa appear to be always caught in an infernal contradiction; too traditional, too insular, never fitting in, while also too modern, too mobile. Can we speak of an Indian 'diaspora' in relation to a people divided by migratory experiences, region, religion, language, ethnicity, caste, and economic status? While focusing on Indian South Africans, this study makes critical interventions into several charged political discussions in post-apartheid South Africa, especially the debate over race and identity, while also engaging in discussions of wider intellectual interest, including diaspora, nation, citizenship and race.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ashwin Desai is Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Johannesburg.

Goolam Vahed is Professor, Department of History, University of KwaZulu Natal.

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Éditeur
OUP India
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199498016
ISBN 13 
9780199498017
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
408
Coordonnées du fabricant
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