Gcobani Qambela
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 294915 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Gcobani Qambela |
| NOMBRES | Gcobani |
| APELLIDO | Qambela |
| FIRMA | QAMBELA G |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Johannesburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0634-4704 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Care, Life and Death in a Highly Racist World
The issues still persist
Liminal bodies left in perpetual suspension
“The Boy Has to Be a Man in Order for Life to Start”
Contemporary and historically focused social science studies of amaXhosa (Xhosa) men have focused predominantly on Xhosa men attaining manhood through ritualised initiation (ulwaluko) and heterosexual homemaking (ukwakha umzi). These studies have left critical knowledge gaps of the pre-initiation lives of Xhosa men throughout the lifecycle, along with processes of socialisation. Based on ethnographic fieldwork spanning over a year (2013–2014) con…
“There is only one place for me. It is here, entabeni” Inxeba (2017), Kalushi (2016) and the difficulties of “the urban” for the New South African Man
In Inxeba (2017, dir. John Trengove), an initiate, Kwanda, asks his ikhankatha (initiate guardian), Xolani, why he keeps coming back to entabeni (the mountain). Xolani responds that it is important to return with his “hand” to help the initiates’ journey to manhood. We later learn that Xolani’s return to entabeni can further be explained by his ongoing passionate affair with Vija – another initiate guardian, who is married to a woman. While much …
Pandemics, routine death, and pleasure
Southern African studies of the HIV/AIDS pandemic which is endemic in South Africa have been critiqued for being anti-pleasure. Scholars observe that these studies do not account for people’s experiences with sensuality, pleasure and desire even while living under a deadly pandemic. In this article we contribute to the subject area of intimacy in the midst of deadly pandemics (‘viral times’). We argue for an exploration of young Black people’s ex…
There is nothing beautiful I see’
Studies of amaXhosa (‘Xhosa’) men focus predominantly on Xhosa men attaining manhood through ritualised initiation (ulwaluko) and heterosexual homemaking through the building of a homestead (ukwakha umzi). Based on over a year of ethnographic research in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa (2013–2014) with primarily young Xhosa men and women, I show the importance of looking pre-and-post the initiation and homestead centric focus prevalent in the …
Living in constant anticipation of death
too many of us [Black people] are familiar with the process of helping someone to die, or we are prematurely facing death ourselves (bell hooks1).At a public dialogue hosted by the Department of
There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle”
Rhini (Grahamstown) in 2015 experienced xenophobic attacks at the very moment as the #RUShutdown student protests at the university currently known as Rhodes University (UCKAR). The students and supporters often referred to the popular Audre Lorde saying that “There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle”. In so doing, the students affirmed intersectionality as well as the full participation of marginalised bodies in the process of decolonis…
Pandemics, routine death, and pleasure
Southern African studies of the HIV/AIDS pandemic which is endemic in South Africa have been critiqued for being anti-pleasure. Scholars observe that these studies do not account for people’s experiences with sensuality, pleasure and desire even while living under a deadly pandemic. In this article we contribute to the subject area of intimacy in the midst of deadly pandemics (‘viral times’). We argue for an exploration of young Black people’s ex…
There is nothing beautiful I see’
Studies of amaXhosa (‘Xhosa’) men focus predominantly on Xhosa men attaining manhood through ritualised initiation (ulwaluko) and heterosexual homemaking through the building of a homestead (ukwakha umzi). Based on over a year of ethnographic research in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa (2013–2014) with primarily young Xhosa men and women, I show the importance of looking pre-and-post the initiation and homestead centric focus prevalent in the …
There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle”
Rhini (Grahamstown) in 2015 experienced xenophobic attacks at the very moment as the #RUShutdown student protests at the university currently known as Rhodes University (UCKAR). The students and supporters often referred to the popular Audre Lorde saying that “There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle”. In so doing, the students affirmed intersectionality as well as the full participation of marginalised bodies in the process of decolonis…
The issues still persist
Living in constant anticipation of death
too many of us [Black people] are familiar with the process of helping someone to die, or we are prematurely facing death ourselves (bell hooks1).At a public dialogue hosted by the Department of
There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle”
Rhini (Grahamstown) in 2015 experienced xenophobic attacks at the very moment as the #RUShutdown student protests at the university currently known as Rhodes University (UCKAR). The students and supporters often referred to the popular Audre Lorde saying that “There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle”. In so doing, the students affirmed intersectionality as well as the full participation of marginalised bodies in the process of decolonis…
Living in constant anticipation of death
too many of us [Black people] are familiar with the process of helping someone to die, or we are prematurely facing death ourselves (bell hooks1).At a public dialogue hosted by the Department of
“There is only one place for me. It is here, entabeni” Inxeba (2017), Kalushi (2016) and the difficulties of “the urban” for the New South African Man
In Inxeba (2017, dir. John Trengove), an initiate, Kwanda, asks his ikhankatha (initiate guardian), Xolani, why he keeps coming back to entabeni (the mountain). Xolani responds that it is important to return with his “hand” to help the initiates’ journey to manhood. We later learn that Xolani’s return to entabeni can further be explained by his ongoing passionate affair with Vija – another initiate guardian, who is married to a woman. While much …
Pandemics, routine death, and pleasure
Southern African studies of the HIV/AIDS pandemic which is endemic in South Africa have been critiqued for being anti-pleasure. Scholars observe that these studies do not account for people’s experiences with sensuality, pleasure and desire even while living under a deadly pandemic. In this article we contribute to the subject area of intimacy in the midst of deadly pandemics (‘viral times’). We argue for an exploration of young Black people’s ex…
There is nothing beautiful I see’
Studies of amaXhosa (‘Xhosa’) men focus predominantly on Xhosa men attaining manhood through ritualised initiation (ulwaluko) and heterosexual homemaking through the building of a homestead (ukwakha umzi). Based on over a year of ethnographic research in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa (2013–2014) with primarily young Xhosa men and women, I show the importance of looking pre-and-post the initiation and homestead centric focus prevalent in the …
“The Boy Has to Be a Man in Order for Life to Start”
Contemporary and historically focused social science studies of amaXhosa (Xhosa) men have focused predominantly on Xhosa men attaining manhood through ritualised initiation (ulwaluko) and heterosexual homemaking (ukwakha umzi). These studies have left critical knowledge gaps of the pre-initiation lives of Xhosa men throughout the lifecycle, along with processes of socialisation. Based on ethnographic fieldwork spanning over a year (2013–2014) con…
The issues still persist
Liminal bodies left in perpetual suspension
Care, Life and Death in a Highly Racist World
Sociology (8 obras) · Gender Studies (6 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Politics (5 obras) · Anthropology (4 obras) · Gender Studies (4 obras) · History (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Homelessness and Social Issues (3 obras)