Melancholia of freedom social life in an Indian township in South Africa
Hansen, Thomas Blom 1958-
Melancholia of freedom social life in an Indian township in South Africa - Princeton Princeton University Press 2012 - xv,354p. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Under the gaze: freedom and race after apartheid -- Ethnicity by fiat: the remaking of Indian life in South Africa -- Domesticity and cultural intimacy -- Charous and Ravans: a story of mutual nonrecognition -- Autonomy, freedom, and political speech -- Movement, sound, and body in the postapartheid city -- The unwieldy fetish: Desi fantasies, roots tourism, and diasporic desires -- Global Hindus and pure Muslims: universalist aspirations and territorialized lives -- The saved and the backsliders: the Charou soul and the instability of belief -- Postscript: Melancholia in the time of the "African personality".
9780691152967
2011041406
East Indians--South Africa--Durban.
Chatsworth (Durban, South Africa)--Race relations.
Chatsworth (Durban, South Africa)--Social conditions.
Chatsworth (Durban, South Africa)--Religion.
Durban (South Africa)--Race relations.
Durban (South Africa)--Social conditions.
Durban (South Africa)--Religion.
DT2405.D889 / E3735 2012
305.89141068455 / HA-M
Melancholia of freedom social life in an Indian township in South Africa - Princeton Princeton University Press 2012 - xv,354p. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Under the gaze: freedom and race after apartheid -- Ethnicity by fiat: the remaking of Indian life in South Africa -- Domesticity and cultural intimacy -- Charous and Ravans: a story of mutual nonrecognition -- Autonomy, freedom, and political speech -- Movement, sound, and body in the postapartheid city -- The unwieldy fetish: Desi fantasies, roots tourism, and diasporic desires -- Global Hindus and pure Muslims: universalist aspirations and territorialized lives -- The saved and the backsliders: the Charou soul and the instability of belief -- Postscript: Melancholia in the time of the "African personality".
9780691152967
2011041406
East Indians--South Africa--Durban.
Chatsworth (Durban, South Africa)--Race relations.
Chatsworth (Durban, South Africa)--Social conditions.
Chatsworth (Durban, South Africa)--Religion.
Durban (South Africa)--Race relations.
Durban (South Africa)--Social conditions.
Durban (South Africa)--Religion.
DT2405.D889 / E3735 2012
305.89141068455 / HA-M