'On the hunt for belonging': culture, hunting and indo-Muslim men in South Africa. Issue 1 (1st January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kola, Azhar; Ratna, Aarti; Dashper, Katherine
• Is Part Of: Annals of leisure research. Volume 22:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 5
• Page End: 21
• Publication Date: 2019-01-01
• Subjects: Indo-Muslims -- hunting -- South Africa -- race and national belonging; Leisure -- Periodicals; Recreation -- Periodicals; Sports -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Tourism -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; 306.481205
• DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2017.1415153
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1174-5398

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Indian migrants have been moving to South Africa for the last 150 years. Yet, amidst the predominant Black-White racial binary operating from within South Africa, pre- to post-apartheid, very little is actually known about this heterogeneous and complex community of people. In this paper, we particularly focus upon the subjective realities of 10 Indo-Muslim men, in and through their involvement in the sport of hunting. Through the use of semi-structured interviews, we grapple with their changing senses of national identity and belonging, from relatively invisible outsiders to sporting insiders. The pleasures and positions of these sporting Indo-Muslim men though do not necessarily alter their 'middle-man' citizenship status in South Africa more broadly.