The production of the sacred in postcolonial Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorChidester, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSettler, Federicoen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-06T11:46:32Z
dc.date.available2014-10-06T11:46:32Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 167-185).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study seeks to discuss the persistence of religion in colonial and postcolonial narratives of confinement and exclusion. I begin by first exploring the history of religion in relation to colonial representations of Africa(ns) as savage and, situating the narratives of confinement and exclusion in the context of South Africa's colonial history, I set out to demonstrate the temporal and spatial expressions of the sacred as it is invoked/ produced by both the colonized and colonizer. I then proceed to explore such contests of power to produce the sacred in Frantz Fanon's On National Culture and the indigenous authorities in post-apartheid South Africa. In doing so, I draw upon the resources of postcolonial theory, subaltern studies and African/Fanon studies to demonstrate how strategies of containment and exclusion have been employed to mediate the persistence of the sacred in colonial, anti-colonial and African nationalist discourses. A further distinguishing feature of this study is that it seeks demonstrate through the metaphor of infection, the persistence of religion regardless of, and in fact activated by, these strategies that seek to domesticate and disinfect the sacred.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSettler, F. (2006). <i>The production of the sacred in postcolonial Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8192en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSettler, Federico. <i>"The production of the sacred in postcolonial Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8192en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSettler, F. 2006. The production of the sacred in postcolonial Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Settler, Federico AB - This study seeks to discuss the persistence of religion in colonial and postcolonial narratives of confinement and exclusion. I begin by first exploring the history of religion in relation to colonial representations of Africa(ns) as savage and, situating the narratives of confinement and exclusion in the context of South Africa's colonial history, I set out to demonstrate the temporal and spatial expressions of the sacred as it is invoked/ produced by both the colonized and colonizer. I then proceed to explore such contests of power to produce the sacred in Frantz Fanon's On National Culture and the indigenous authorities in post-apartheid South Africa. In doing so, I draw upon the resources of postcolonial theory, subaltern studies and African/Fanon studies to demonstrate how strategies of containment and exclusion have been employed to mediate the persistence of the sacred in colonial, anti-colonial and African nationalist discourses. A further distinguishing feature of this study is that it seeks demonstrate through the metaphor of infection, the persistence of religion regardless of, and in fact activated by, these strategies that seek to domesticate and disinfect the sacred. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - The production of the sacred in postcolonial Africa TI - The production of the sacred in postcolonial Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8192 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8192
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSettler F. The production of the sacred in postcolonial Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8192en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleThe production of the sacred in postcolonial Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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