Greeting rituals as everyday management of differences among RasTafari groups in Stellenbosch

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2186665
AutoresLennox Olivier (Stellenbosch University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen33
Número3-4
Páginas126-131
Fecha de publicación2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAnthropology Southern Africa (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2332-3264 • E-ISSN: 2332-3256
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23323256.2010.11500001
OpenAlexW2293312062
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas9

Greeting is a meaningful part of everyday interaction among individuals from different RasTafari groups in Stellenbosch, since it contributes to the construction and maintenance of the identity and boundaries of groups. Drawing upon extensive participant observation, I first look at forms of greeting as critical signs in RasTafari interaction and second, at how they are employed, in Althusser's (2001/1971) terms, in interactive processes of ideological interpellation. Finally, I apply Blommaert's (2005) concept of semiotic mobility to analyse greetings as autonomous text, albeit contingent to and constitutive of the context in which they are produced. I argue that greeting rituals allow the groups the ‘reasoning’ of differences, while keeping a sense of belonging to a broad RasTafari community

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