Greeting rituals as everyday management of differences among RasTafari groups in Stellenbosch
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2186665 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lennox Olivier (Stellenbosch University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 126-131 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Southern Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2332-3264 • E-ISSN: 2332-3256 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23323256.2010.11500001 |
| OpenAlex | W2293312062 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
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
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Collective identity · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Identity (music · Ideology · Participant observation · Political science · Politics · Semiotics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · History · ICT in Developing Communities · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2021 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |