Melancholia of freedom [ social life in an Indian township in South Africa

Offers an analysis of the uncertainties, dreams, and anxieties that have accompanied postapartheid freedoms in Chatsworth, a formerly Indian township in Durban. This title tells the stories of ordinary Indians whose lives were racialized and framed by the township, and how these residents domesticat...

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Main Author: Hansen, Thomas Blom , 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press , c2012
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Online Access:http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/iviewer/PUPB0001558/userkey/pc/1/0/read.html

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