{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-present","title":"A History of the Present","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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\n\u003cbr\u003eroots 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\n\u003cbr\u003ean 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\n\u003cbr\u003ediscussions of wider intellectual interest, including diaspora, nation, citizenship and race.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46058582966510,"sku":"9780199498017","price":96.03,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199498017.jpg?v=1736478988","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/a-history-of-the-present","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}