Film and African women's religious futurism. An afro-feminist lens to Mark 15:1-40 from the context of the Song of Songs 5:1-8

• Authors: Dorcas Chebet Juma

Title variants

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Futuryzm religijny kobiet afrykańskich i filmowych. Afro-feministyczne spojrzenie na Ewangelię św. Marka 15:1-40 w kontekście Pieśni nad Pieśniami 5:1-8

Abstracts

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Afrykanie, a zwłaszcza kobiety przyjmują role postacie biblijnych i z narracji filmowych, aby opowiedzieć własne historie. Narracje biblijne nabrały znaczenia i stały się wydarzeniami na żywo dzięki filmowi. Tekst pokazuje patriarchalne konteksty, w których mężczyźni dominują w interpretacji biblijnej, a przemysł filmowy nadal socjalizuje kobiety do teologii vumilia – trzeba więc znosić przemoc ze względu na płeć (GBV), tak jak czynił to Chrystus aż do swojej śmierci na krzyżu. Perspektywa afro-feministyczna i analiza literacka Ewangelii św. Marka 15:1–40 w kontekście Pieśni na Pieśniami 5:1–8 sugeruje, że istnieje potrzeba alternatywnej, futurystycznej i performatywnej narracji, która uwolni afrykańskie kobiety od teologii vumilia. Konieczna jest dekonstrukcja chrystologii GBV, które socjalizują afrykańskie chrześcijanki do przyjęcia GBV w imię Chrystusa i wyznaczają nowe granice poznania w sprawach GBV, z naciskiem na rzeczywiste konsekwencje dla przebiegu przyszłych dociekań i dyskusji.

Keywords

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narracja; religijny futuryzm afrykańskich kobiet; afro-feminizm; kontekst biblijny; film

• Publisher: Polski Uniwersytet na Obczyźnie w Londynie
• Journal: Zeszyty Naukowe PUNO
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 131-148

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Dorcas Chebet Juma

• Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya

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