Internal frontiers : African nationalism and the Indian diaspora in twentieth-century South Africa

Internal frontiers : African nationalism and the Indian diaspora in twentieth-century South Africa /

In this ambitious new history of the antiapartheid struggle, Jon Soske places India and the Indian diaspora at the center of the African National Congress's development of an inclusive philosophy of nationalism.

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Main Author: Soske, Jon, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2017
Series:New African histories series.
Subjects:
East Indians > South Africa.
East Indian diaspora.
South Africa > History > 20th century.
South Africa > Politics and government > 20th century.
South Africa > Ethnic relations.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The internal frontier of the nation state
  • The racial crucible : economy, stereotype, and urban space in Durban
  • Beyond the "native question" : Xuma, Lembede, and the event of Indian independence
  • "That lightning that struck" : the 1949 Durban riots and the crisis in African nationalism
  • The racial politics of home : sex, feminine virtue, and the boundaries of the nation
  • The cosmopolitan moment : chief Albert Luthuli, the defiance campaign, and a new aesthetics of nation
  • The Natal synthesis : inclusive nationalism and the unity of the ANC
  • Epilogue.

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