The discursive cultural representations of Gentiles : a contextual approach using migration theory

dc.contributor.authorDube, Zorodzai
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-06T10:21:41Z
dc.date.available2014-08-06T10:21:41Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-16
dc.description.abstractHow are social boundaries created and how are they maintained? To an extent, the way people look, dress and talk demarcates cultural markers that distinguish them from others − hence, giving them a sense of self-categorisation and self-identity. However, with time such collective identity might need readjustment when people from another culture become insiders and neighbours within the perceived social boundaries. Regarding this, James Dunn noted that a challenge of social cohesion between the Jews and the Gentiles existed during the 1st century, necessitated by the conversion of Gentiles to Christianity. In response, to keep their exclusive collective identity, the Jews demanded that the Gentiles observe Jewish law. This article develops Dunn’s view that the observance of Jewish law provided implicit social exclusion strategies towards the Gentiles. However, Dunn did not elaborate further concerning the strategies upon which Gentiles were excluded. As contribution to fill that void, this article drew on strategies of inclusion and exclusion from the analogy of migration in South Africa and elsewhere.en_US
dc.description.abstractHoe word sosiale en kulturele grense geskep en onderhou? Tot ’n mate bewerkstellig die manier waarop mense uiterlik voorkom, aantrek en praat kulturele kenmerke wat sekere groepe van ander onderskei, en verleen so aan hulle ’n bepaalde identiteit en klassifisering. So ’n gemeenskaplike identiteit moet mettertyd aangepas word as mense van ander kulture met ander gebruike deel word van die binnekring. In hierdie verband merk James Dunn op dat, in die eerste eeu na Christus, die Jode en heidene aangespoor is tot ’n samehorigheidsgevoel wat deurdie bekering van heidene tot die Christendom genoodsaak is. In reaksie hierop het die Jode aanvanklik verwag dat die heidene die Joodse wet moes nakom. Hierdie artikel bou op Dunn se siening, naamlik dat die onderhouding van die Joodse wet sosiale strategieë ontwikkel het wat die heidene onvoorwaardelik uitgesluit het. Dunn brei egter nie verder oor die sogenaamde strategieë uit nie. In hierdie artikel word gepoog om hierdie leemte aan te vul deur middel van ’n vergelyking met kontemporêre migrasie in Suid- Afrika en die strategieë van insluiting en uitsluiting wat bespeur word in sulke kontekste, te verdiskonteer.en_US
dc.description.librarianam2014en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.indieskriflig.org.zaen_US
dc.identifier.citationDube, Z., 2014, ‘The discursive cultural representations of Gentiles: A contextual approach using migration theory’, In die Skriflig 48(1), Art. #1380, 7 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/ids.v47i1.696.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1018-6441
dc.identifier.other10.4102/ids.v47i1.696
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/41093
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_US
dc.rights© 2014. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectCultural representationsen_US
dc.subjectGentilesen_US
dc.subjectMigration theoryen_US
dc.subjectKulturele uitbeeldingen_US
dc.subjectHeideneen_US
dc.subjectMigrasieteorieen_US
dc.titleThe discursive cultural representations of Gentiles : a contextual approach using migration theoryen_US
dc.title.alternativeOmvattende kulturele uitbeelding van heidene : ’n kontekstuele benadering met behulp van die migrasieteorieen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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