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India as an Unwieldy Fetish India as an Unwieldy Fetish
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The Spiritual Homeland The Spiritual Homeland
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Seeking Ancestral Roots Seeking Ancestral Roots
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Finding Spiritual Truth Finding Spiritual Truth
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Catalysts of Modernity Catalysts of Modernity
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Global Desi Dreamscapes: The Revival of Bollywood in South Africa Global Desi Dreamscapes: The Revival of Bollywood in South Africa
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“What Does This Film Make of Me?” “What Does This Film Make of Me?”
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Plot Summary Plot Summary
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Who Are We Indians, After All? Who Are We Indians, After All?
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Diaspora and the Unwieldy Fetish Diaspora and the Unwieldy Fetish
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6 The Unwieldy Fetish: Desi Fantasies, Roots Tourism, and Diasporic Desires
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Published:July 2012
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Abstract
This chapter looks at the new economy of diasporic imagination that hit South Africa after 1994. It begins by examining a range of narratives of roots tourism whereby thousands of South African Indians each year travel to India in search of the village of their ancestors and for shopping and/or spiritual purification. These journeys are often complex discoveries of both the real and the imaginary India, and are almost invariably linked to desires for purification and “proper” Indianness and “culture,” which, in their turn, are spawned by social mobility and ambition. The other side of this new fascination with India's past and its emerging power as a nation is an intense interest in Bollywood films and their songs, stars, and aesthetics.
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