A history of the present : a biography of Indian South Africans, 1990-2019 / Ashwin Desai and Goolam Vahed.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199098798 (ebook) :Subject(s): East Indians -- South Africa -- Social conditions
| South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1994- | South Africa -- Ethnic relationsAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780199498017DDC classification: 968.004914 LOC classification: DT1768.E38Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'A History of the Present' presents an 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.
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This edition previously issued in print: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'A History of the Present' presents an 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.
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