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Melancholia of Freedom: Social Life in an Indian Township in South Africa Thomas Blom Hansen
Melancholia of Freedom: Social Life in an Indian Township in South Africa
Thomas Blom Hansen
Offers an analysis of the uncertainties, dreams, and anxieties that have accompanied post apartheid freedoms in Chatsworth, a formerly Indian township in Durban. This title describes how the racial segmentation of South African society still informs daily life, notions of race, personhood, morality, and religious ethics.
384 pages, 10 halftones. 2 maps.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 22, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691152950 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 384 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 235 × 28 mm · 624 g |
| Language | English |