Displacing power from the dance floor : a postcolonial gendered reading of Mark 6:14-29

Displacing power from the dance floor : a postcolonial gendered reading of Mark 6:14-29

The study rereads the narrative of Mark 6:14-29 from Homi Bhabha’s postcolonial theory of mimicry and ambivalence. Unlike other interpretations that focus on the death of John the Baptist by Herod, the focal point of this study is the daughter who danced during Herod’s banquet. By taking account of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Molopyane, Lethabo Melissa
Other Authors: Van Eck, Ernest
Language:en
Published: University of Pretoria 2021
Subjects:
UCTD
Gender
Mimicry
Dance
Honour and shame
Social-scientific criticism
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78480
Molopyane, LM 2020, Displacing power from the dance floor : a postcolonial gendered reading of Mark 6:14-29, MTh Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78480>

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78480
Molopyane, LM 2020, Displacing power from the dance floor : a postcolonial gendered reading of Mark 6:14-29, MTh Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78480>

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