عنوان

Singing "The Song of Chief Iipumbu"

شماره

LA126670

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Singing "The Song of Chief Iipumbu"

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Emily D. Crews

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This essay addresses "The Song of Chief Iipumbu," an oral poem performed by a woman named Nekwaya Loide Shikongo in North-Central Namibia in 1953. It argues that "The Song of Chief Iipumbu" acted as an astute analysis of local power relations, employing scornful commentary on a deposed native chief as a cover for subtle but profound criticisms of European colonial institutions to which Shikongo, as a African Christian woman, was subject. Through a brief history of colonialism in Namibia and detailed attention to the linguistic and discursive webs woven by the poem's author, this essay shows that Shikongo's censure of oppressive authorities was not an attempt to undermine the networks of power operating in colonial Namibia. Rather, it was an effort to affect acceptance of (or at least resignation to) her subordination in order to achieve the renewal of psychological and social equilibrium. This essay addresses "The Song of Chief Iipumbu," an oral poem performed by a woman named Nekwaya Loide Shikongo in North-Central Namibia in 1953. It argues that "The Song of Chief Iipumbu" acted as an astute analysis of local power relations, employing scornful commentary on a deposed native chief as a cover for subtle but profound criticisms of European colonial institutions to which Shikongo, as a African Christian woman, was subject. Through a brief history of colonialism in Namibia and detailed attention to the linguistic and discursive webs woven by the poem's author, this essay shows that Shikongo's censure of oppressive authorities was not an attempt to undermine the networks of power operating in colonial Namibia. Rather, it was an effort to affect acceptance of (or at least resignation to) her subordination in order to achieve the renewal of psychological and social equilibrium. This essay addresses "The Song of Chief Iipumbu," an oral poem performed by a woman named Nekwaya Loide Shikongo in North-Central Namibia in 1953. It argues that "The Song of Chief Iipumbu" acted as an astute analysis of local power relations, employing scornful commentary on a deposed native chief as a cover for subtle but profound criticisms of European colonial institutions to which Shikongo, as a African Christian woman, was subject. Through a brief history of colonialism in Namibia and detailed attention to the linguistic and discursive webs woven by the poem's author, this essay shows that Shikongo's censure of oppressive authorities was not an attempt to undermine the networks of power operating in colonial Namibia. Rather, it was an effort to affect acceptance of (or at least resignation to) her subordination in order to achieve the renewal of psychological and social equilibrium. This essay addresses "The Song of Chief Iipumbu," an oral poem performed by a woman named Nekwaya Loide Shikongo in North-Central Namibia in 1953. It argues that "The Song of Chief Iipumbu" acted as an astute analysis of local power relations, employing scornful commentary on a deposed native chief as a cover for subtle but profound criticisms of European colonial institutions to which Shikongo, as a African Christian woman, was subject. Through a brief history of colonialism in Namibia and detailed attention to the linguistic and discursive webs woven by the poem's author, this essay shows that Shikongo's censure of oppressive authorities was not an attempt to undermine the networks of power operating in colonial Namibia. Rather, it was an effort to affect acceptance of (or at least resignation to) her subordination in order to achieve the renewal of psychological and social equilibrium.

تاريخ نشر

2018

توصيف ظاهري

258-297

عنوان

Religion and Theology

شماره جلد

25/3-4

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1574-3012

اصطلاح موضوعی

agency

اصطلاح موضوعی

Christianity

اصطلاح موضوعی

colonialism

اصطلاح موضوعی

General

اصطلاح موضوعی

History of Religion

اصطلاح موضوعی

missionaries

اصطلاح موضوعی

Namibia

اصطلاح موضوعی

Owambo

اصطلاح موضوعی

performance

اصطلاح موضوعی

Religion & Society

اصطلاح موضوعی

Religious Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

resistance

اصطلاح موضوعی

Social Sciences

اصطلاح موضوعی

Theology and World Christianity

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Emily D. Crews

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15743012-02503008

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y