The Ancestors Are Beating Us: Men, Migration and Spirit Possession in South Africa

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://edu.uhk.cz/africa/index.php/ModAfr/article/view/86/65" target="_blank" >https://edu.uhk.cz/africa/index.php/ModAfr/article/view/86/65</a>

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Ancestors Are Beating Us: Men, Migration and Spirit Possession in South Africa

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Although studies of migration have grown exponentially in recent years, their focus has for the most part painted a picture of individuals and groups moving from (rural) peripheries to (urban) centres, akin to the prophesies of mainstream modernist theory. In South Africa, formidable scholarship has tackled the challenges and opportunities which urban milieus have provided for rural migrants. Much less attention has been paid to urban-rural movements and the transformations of identities, relations and powers which these have engendered. This paper considering the dynamics of ancestral spirit possession in the case of Tshivenda-speaking migrant men argues that urban-rural migration has constituted a significant, although highly contested and multi-faceted process in contemporary South African society. In particular, it aims to show that movements mediated by the notions and practices of spirit possession invoke experiences of place and gender which problematize both local and analytical conceptions of &apos;city&apos; and &apos;country&apos;, &apos;centre&apos; and &apos;periphery&apos;, &apos;manhood&apos; and &apos;womanhood&apos;.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Ancestors Are Beating Us: Men, Migration and Spirit Possession in South Africa

Popis výsledku anglicky

Although studies of migration have grown exponentially in recent years, their focus has for the most part painted a picture of individuals and groups moving from (rural) peripheries to (urban) centres, akin to the prophesies of mainstream modernist theory. In South Africa, formidable scholarship has tackled the challenges and opportunities which urban milieus have provided for rural migrants. Much less attention has been paid to urban-rural movements and the transformations of identities, relations and powers which these have engendered. This paper considering the dynamics of ancestral spirit possession in the case of Tshivenda-speaking migrant men argues that urban-rural migration has constituted a significant, although highly contested and multi-faceted process in contemporary South African society. In particular, it aims to show that movements mediated by the notions and practices of spirit possession invoke experiences of place and gender which problematize both local and analytical conceptions of &apos;city&apos; and &apos;country&apos;, &apos;centre&apos; and &apos;periphery&apos;, &apos;manhood&apos; and &apos;womanhood&apos;.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50404 - Anthropology, ethnology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society

ISSN

2336-3274

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

4

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

107-129

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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