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A History of the Present - A Biography of Indian South Africans, 1990-2019 (Hardcover)
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A History of the Present - A Biography of Indian South Africans, 1990-2019 (Hardcover)
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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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