Indenture Aesthetics

Afro-Indian Femininities and the Queer Limits of South African Blackness

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Author(s)
A. Ellapen, Jordache
Language
English
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Abstract
Jordache A. Ellapen examines the visual and performance art practices of feminist, queer, femme, and gender nonconforming Afro-Indian and South African black artists to understand the paradoxes of freedom in contemporary South Africa.
URI
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112127
Keywords
Black consciousness; Indentureship; Vulnerability; Race; Queer; Relationality; South Africa; Afro-normativity; Afro-Indian; Queer worldmaking; Kutti Collective; Githan Coopoo; Reshman Chhiba; Desire Marea; Fela Gucci; Sabelo Mlangeni; Mohau Modisakeng
DOI
10.1215/9781478060321
ISBN
9781478060321, 9781478060321, 9781478094739, 9781478028109, 9781478031345
Publisher
Duke University Press
Publisher website
https://www.dukeupress.edu/
Publication date and place
Durham, North Carolina, USA, 2025
Classification
The arts: general topics
Pages
280
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/