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Chihera in Zimbabwe

A Radical African Feminist Principle
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355 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am28.02.20232023
Zimbabwean social media has been awash with images of a woman character, spirit, or concept called Chihera. In the cumulative tradition of the Shona (a Zimbabwean ethnic group), Chihera is a fiercely independent, assertive, free spirited, and no nonsense woman.mehr
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KlappentextZimbabwean social media has been awash with images of a woman character, spirit, or concept called Chihera. In the cumulative tradition of the Shona (a Zimbabwean ethnic group), Chihera is a fiercely independent, assertive, free spirited, and no nonsense woman.
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ISBN/GTIN978-3-031-12465-5
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2023
Erscheinungsdatum28.02.2023
Auflage2023
Seiten355 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
IllustrationenXVII, 355 p. 13 illus.
Artikel-Nr.16570768

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introducing a Radical African Indigenous Feminist Principle: Chihera in Zimbabwe.- Part I Chihera in the Spiritual Hierarchy: Traversing Patriarchy.- 2 Chihera in the Ancestral Realm: Exploring Female Ancestry Among the Hera People in Buhera, Zimbabwe.- 3 VaChihera: A Profile of Ndakaziva.-  4 Chihera: Renegotiating the Status of Women in Shona Indigenous Culture in Zimbabwe.- 5 Chiheras´ Twenty-First-Century Profiling: Re-converging from Past Divisions in Monolithic Defying of Traditional Patriarchal Culture.-  Part II From the mouths of Chiheras and Mhofuyokuno: Disrupting Patriarchy.-  6 Ndini Chihera (I Am Chihera): An African Womanist Perspective on the Chihera Identity in Zimbabwe.-  7 Ndini Baba vaChihera (I Am Chihera´s Father): A Narrative of the Chihera Persona.- 8 Please Understand Me, I Am Chihera : Issues of Character and Traits Among the Indigenous Zimbabwean Women of the Chihera Totem.-  9 Chihera´s Story: Keeping Ubuntu Alive Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic.-  10 Revisiting Totemic Praise Names: Chihera as Metaphor of Addressing Gender-Based and Sexual Violence in Post-colonial Zimbabwe.-  Part III Subverting Patriarchy: Chihera Persona in the Film Industry and Advocacy for Gender Parity.-  11 Chihera in Film: The Subversion of Patriarchal and Customary Laws of Inheritance as Depicted in the Zimbabwean Feature Film Neria (1991).-  12 Genderising the Social Media: Analysing Chihera´s Antics in the Zimbabwean Context.- 13 Socially Constructed Discourse on Chihera: An Asset or Liability in Zimbabwe´s Envisioned Gender Equal Society.-  Part IV Chihera Prototype Navigating the Zimbabwean Genderised Economic Sector.- 14 If only it wasn´t for me Chihera as Head of the Family in a Time of Economic Crisis.- 15 Patriarchy and Disability: A Culture of Ubuntu, African Women with Disabilities and Sustainable Livelihoods in Matetsi Community, Zimbabwe.- Part V Confounding Chihera: Patriarchy Fights Back.-  16 The Chihera Mystique in Selected Writings by African Women Theologians.- 17 Chihera as a Game Changer in the African Churches´ Masculine Leadership Hierarchy: A Case Study of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe.- 18 Chihera´s Matriarchal Traits: A Mirror of Reverse Patriarchy.- 19 Implications of Consolidating Patriarchy Through Exploitation of Better Ways of Conveying Disagreeable Practices to Chihera, the Epitome of Empowered Women in Zimbabwe.-mehr

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Autor

Ezra Chitando is Professor of History and Phenomenology of Religion and World Council of Churches Theology Consultant on HIV and AIDS in Africa.

Sophia Chirongoma is a senior lecturer in the Religious Studies Department at Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. She is also an academic associate/research fellow at the Research Institute for Theology and Religion (RITR) at UNISA.
Munyaradzi Nyakudya is a senior lecturer in the History, Heritage and Knowledge Systems Department at the University of Zimbabwe. He has research interests in, among other areas, history, ethnomusicology, and human security.