Jichi Dance Structure, Gender and Sexuality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19451473 |
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| Authors | Renias Ngara (University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, Eastern Cape, South Africa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 125-134 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies of Tribes and Tribals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0972-639X • E-ISSN: 2456-6799 |
| Publisher | Kamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0972639x.2014.11886693 |
| OpenAlex | W1800977304 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
Sociological studies have always focused on gender inequality in which men play dominating roles over their women counterparts. Likewise, musicological scholarships have generally discussed that females are deemed to be submissive to males during dance performances. Besides, there are various dance styles practised by different ethnic groups in Zimbabwe and some of them are isitshikitsha, mbakumba, mbende, mhande, muchongowoyo, shangara and xinyambela. This paper explored the feminist theory and how jichi gendered dance performances in the context of mukwerera rainmaking ceremony of the Shangwe1 people at Nevana and Kufahazvinei villages in Gokwe North and Gokwe South districts in the Midlands Province in Zimbabwe created a certain form of gender equality. Jichi ritual symbolisms are active in the Shangwe community yet these symbols have not been documented as a way to preserve them. The study adopted an ethnographic paradigm in which empirical data was collected using face - to - face to interviews. The researcher established that gender inequality which existed in the Shangwe community naturally transformed into cultural - conditional gender equality during the dance and that relationship is only alive during the ceremony. The Shangwe people make use of symbolism during their ritual practices such as ndiro yetanda and chitanda. The two symbols are replica of female and male beings which is a pointer to the conception of the dance as a gendered performance.Key Words: Cultural - Conditional Gender EqualityNevanaNdiro yedandaChitandaSymbolism
Art · Ceremony · Dance · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Geography · Human sexuality · Queer · Sociology · Visual arts · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Music History and Culture · Theater, Performance, and Music History
Gender Differences in Policing
Gender and Sexuality, a Reflection on Rainmaking Songs
Measuring Gender Egalitarianism
Musicology and the Undoing of Women
Madheruka and Shangwe
The Anthropology of Performance
The Politics of Land Acquisition and Struggles Over Land in the 'Communal' Areas of Zimbabwe
Making children, making chiefs
Masculinities in Interaction
Recruiting Men, Constructing Manhood
Culture-as-text in the work of Clifford Geertz
| Highly cited | No |
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