Melancholia of freedom : social life in an Indian township in South Africa / Thomas Blom Hansen.

Princeton, New Jersey ; Woodstock, Oxfordshire : Princeton University Press, 2012.

xvii, 354 pages : Grayscale Illustration ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Jacket art: Unit 3 © Riason Naidoo. Courtesy of the Durban Art Gallery/South Africa.

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2019. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book])

Published by Princeton University Press.

This book has been composed in Baskerville 120 Pro.

Printed on acid-free paper.

Printed in the United States of America.

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.