‘A haunting of ancestors’ : the conjuring of memory in indigenous South African poetry

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dc.contributor.author Genis, Gerhard
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-06T04:53:42Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-06T04:53:42Z
dc.date.issued 2021
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. en_US
dc.description.department Humanities Education en_US
dc.description.librarian am2022 en_US
dc.description.uri http://www.pharosjot.com en_US
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. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2414-3324 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.46222/pharosjot.102.117
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87538
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Institute for Afro-Hellenic Studies en_US
dc.rights © 2021 Open Access/Author/s. en_US
dc.subject Indigenous poetry en_US
dc.subject Ancestors en_US
dc.subject Poetic bodies en_US
dc.subject Intergenerational memory en_US
dc.subject Re-membering en_US
dc.title ‘A haunting of ancestors’ : the conjuring of memory in indigenous South African poetry en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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