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Displacing power from the dance floor : a postcolonial gendered reading of Mark 6:14-29
Dissertation (MTh)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/78480 Displacing power from the dance floor : a postcolonial gendered reading of Mark 6:14-29 Van Eck, Ernest lethabomelissa@gmail.com Molopyane, Lethabo Melissa UCTD Gender Mimicry Dance Honour and shame Social-scientific criticism Postcolonial Studies Mark 6:14-29 Biblical Interpretation Power Dynamics Herod Antipas Theology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Theology theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Dissertation (MTh)--University of Pretoria, 2020. 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 the female body that is culturally represented as the inferior gender, and the use of status to determine power, the text is interpreted through the lenses of gender theory and the social-scientific model of honour and shame. By observing the unequal power structures and the suppression of female bodies, the study indicates that the daughter, through her dance, gained agency, reconstructed her identity, and displaced power on a dance floor. Instead of being a sexual male gaze, she became a negotiator to Herod. mi2025 New Testament Studies MTh Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-05: Gender equality SDG-10: Reduced inequalities 2021-02-12T09:37:29Z 2021-02-12T09:37:29Z 20/10/01 2020 Dissertation 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> S2020 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78480 en © 2020 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Gender Mimicry Dance Honour and shame Social-scientific criticism Postcolonial Studies Mark 6:14-29 Biblical Interpretation Power Dynamics Herod Antipas Theology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Theology theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Displacing power from the dance floor : a postcolonial gendered reading of Mark 6:14-29 |
| title | Displacing power from the dance floor : a postcolonial gendered reading of Mark 6:14-29 |
| title_full | Displacing power from the dance floor : a postcolonial gendered reading of Mark 6:14-29 |
| title_fullStr | Displacing power from the dance floor : a postcolonial gendered reading of Mark 6:14-29 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Displacing power from the dance floor : a postcolonial gendered reading of Mark 6:14-29 |
| title_short | Displacing power from the dance floor : a postcolonial gendered reading of Mark 6:14-29 |
| title_sort | displacing power from the dance floor a postcolonial gendered reading of mark 6 14 29 |
| topic | UCTD Gender Mimicry Dance Honour and shame Social-scientific criticism Postcolonial Studies Mark 6:14-29 Biblical Interpretation Power Dynamics Herod Antipas Theology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Theology theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities |
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