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Genis, Gerhard
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2022-10-06T04:53:42Z |
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2022-10-06T04:53:42Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2021 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This paper focuses on the interaction of language, the physical and psychological body and the environment in creating a conjuring of ancestors in indigenous South African poetry. The ‘haunting’ of the ancestors is mirrored by the intergenerational word-traces in the indigenous poems. These ‘poetic bodies’ are laced with word and phrase markers that consist of cultural-specific metonyms, metaphors and archetypes. The poetic bodies are subsequently stringed together by the word-traces that pulsate in the chromosomes and the minds of the progeny. They order the remembrance and re-membrance of the ancestors within a specific cultural-historical context. Significantly, these ‘poetic bodies’ are conduits of consciousness that reflect communal practices or archetypes and images of loss and gain. |
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Humanities Education |
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dc.description.librarian |
am2022 |
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http://www.pharosjot.com |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Genis, G. 2021, '‘A haunting of ancestors’ : the conjuring of memory in indigenous South African poetry', Pharos Journal of Theology, vol. 102, no. 1, pp. 1-17., doi : 10.46222/pharosjot.102.117. |
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2414-3324 (online) |
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10.46222/pharosjot.102.117 |
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https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87538 |
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en |
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Institute for Afro-Hellenic Studies |
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© 2021 Open Access/Author/s. |
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dc.subject |
Indigenous poetry |
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Ancestors |
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Poetic bodies |
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Intergenerational memory |
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Re-membering |
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dc.title |
‘A haunting of ancestors’ : the conjuring of memory in indigenous South African poetry |
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Article |
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