“Indenture Aesthetics is an outstanding contribution to transnational queer studies, African and South Asian diaspora studies, visual culture studies, and the study of race and sexuality in South Africa. Focusing on ‘Afro-Indian intimacies’ through a queer studies lens, Jordache A. Ellapen’s work is a significant addition to African queer studies and the study of South African sexualities specifically as well as to queer diaspora and queer of color scholarship more broadly.” Gayatri Gopinath, author of Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora
“Jordache A. Ellapen shows that by turning to the history of Indian indentureship in South Africa we might find a different vocabulary through which to understand South Africa’s Indian population and its relationship to black Africans. This fascinating book’s unexpected pairing of black African and Indian artists and Ellapen’s critical reading and analytical practice offers a refreshing and needed departure from the way that Indian communities and their cultural practices are currently discussed. A beautiful and timely book.” Xavier Livermon, author of Kwaito Bodies: Remastering Space and Subjectivity in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Jordache A. Ellapen is Associate Professor in the Department of Black Studies at the University of Rochester and co-editor of We remember differently: Race, memory, imagination.
