With Respect to Zulu: Revisiting ukuHlonipha

Irvine, Judith T.; Gunner, Liz

doi:10.1353/anq.2018.0005

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“…Intimate crimes are heart-rending because they signify a loved one's betrayal of trust and lack of respect. An important isiZulu concept is inhlonipho (respect) – a dynamic, contested, term that denotes respect for social hierarchies typically granted by age, status and gender (see Irvine & Gunner 2018). Unlike some other criminal activities (see below), heroin-connected crimes don't bring money into families but redirect resources typically from an older generation to young men and drug dealers.…”

Section: Men and Intimate Crimesmentioning

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Intimate crimes: heroin and the rise of amaphara in South Africa

Hunter

2021

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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The term ‘amaphara’, possibly derived from ‘parasites’, burst into South African public culture in the 2010s to refer to petty thieves addicted to a heroin-based drug locally called whoonga/nyaope. Drawing on ethnography and media sources to interrogate the rise of ‘amaphara’, this paper argues that South Africa's heroin epidemic magnifies the attention – criticism but also sympathy – directed toward marginalised black men who have few prospects for social mobility. It locates amaphara in the national context where drug policy is largely punitive and youth unemployment rates are painfully high, but gives particular attention to families’ and communities’ experiences with intimate crimes, especially petty thefts. It further shows that amaphara is a contested term: heroin users are brothers, sons and grandchildren and they gain most of their income not from crime but by undertaking useful piece work in communities.

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Section: Men and Intimate Crimesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intimate crimes: heroin and the rise of amaphara in South Africa

Hunter

2021

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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“…Strikingly similar in‐law name avoidance phenomena have been documented in Xhosa and Zulu communities, where the phenomenon is known as hlonipha ( Finlayson 2002; Luthuli 2007), as well as in Ethiopia (Treis 2005), Mongolia (Humphrey 1978), and elsewhere (see Fleming 2014). Like hlonipha, gíing’áwêakshòoda is not solely a linguistic behavior but rather a “somatic” phenomenon that, at least in the presence of senior male in‐laws, involves avoidance of physical contact, downward gaze, and covering of the body (Irvine and Gunner 2018, 174). Here we only test children's knowledge of the vocabulary associated with avoidance.…”

Section: Gíing’áwêakshòoda: In‐law Name Avoidance In Datoogamentioning

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“…He lists birth, class, age, education, or profession as possible factors influencing knowledge. Irvine and Gunner (2018) comment on the sociolectal distribution of hlonipha, observing that “the distribution of knowledge of particular items of hlonipha vocabulary seems to be uneven.” In the case of gíing’áwêakshòoda, one might predict that adult knowledge would be distributed along lines of gender, given that women are the ones who use the special vocabulary. Though we have not systematically investigated knowledge of avoidance words across the adult population, such patterning is not strongly evident.…”

Section: Gíing’áwêakshòoda: In‐law Name Avoidance In Datoogamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Here we only test children's knowledge of the vocabulary associated with avoid-ance. Unlike hlonipha, which could also be used by men to avoid the names of high-status people such as kings (see Irvine and Gunner 2018), gíing'áwêakshòoda is normatively restricted to the speech of married women and strongly stereotyped locally as women's speech. Men do not say their mother-in-law's or daughter-in-law's name in her presence, but they do not avoid related or similar-sounding words.…”

Section: Gíing'áwêakshòoda: In-law Name Avoidance In Datoogamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Children's Knowledge of a Name‐Based Avoidance Register: A Quantitative Study among Datooga of Tanzania

Mitchell

Rácz²

2021

American Anthropologist

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Among Datooga pastoralists of Tanzania, an elaborate in-law naming taboo has led to the emergence of a conventionalized avoidance vocabulary used by married women. We report on a survey investigating Datooga children's knowledge of this special vocabulary. The questionnaire and our expectations were pre-registered and the results were analyzed using regression analysis. Though use of the avoidance vocabulary is gender-specific, girls were only slightly more knowledgeable than boys about avoidance words. More predictive of children's responses was sociolinguistic environment: children from more "traditional" backgrounds showed greater knowledge of avoidance words. Based on this finding, we discuss how social change may be affecting this particular kind of knowledge transmission. Low overall accuracy reveals the gradual nature of certain types of sociocultural learning. [language learning, knowledge transmission, avoidance registers] RESUMEN Entre pastores Datooga de Tanzania, un elaborado tabú en el nombramiento de los parientes políticos ha llevado al surgimiento de un vocabulario convencionalizado de evitación utilizado por mujeres casadas. Reportamos sobre una encuesta que investiga el conocimiento de los niños Datooga de este vocabulario especial. El cuestionario y nuestras expectativas fueron prerregistrados y los resultados fueron analizados utilizando análisis de regresión. Aunque el uso del vocabulario de evitación es específico de género, las niñas eran sólo un poco más conocedoras que los niños acerca de las palabras de evitación. Más predictivo de las respuestas de los niños fue el ambiente sociolingüístico: los niños provenientes de entornos más "tradicionales" mostraron un mayor conocimiento de palabras de evitación. Basados en este hallazgo, discutimos cómo el cambio social puede estar afectando esta clase particular de transmisión de conocimiento. Una precisión general baja revela la naturaleza gradual de ciertos tipos de aprendizaje cultural. [aprendizaje del lenguaje, transmisión de conocimiento, registros de evitación] IKISIRI Katika jamiii ya wafugaji wa Wadatooga wa Tanzania, ufafanuzi wa mwiko wa uitaji majina ya wakwe umesababisha kuibua desturi ya msamiati epukivu unaotumiwa na wanawake walioolewa. Tunatoa ripoti ya uchunguzi wa ufahamu wa watoto wa Wadatooga kuhusu msamiati huu maalum. Tuliandaa kabla hojaji na matarajio, na matokeo yalichanganuliwa kwa kutumia uchanganuzi batilifu. Ingawa matumizi ya msamiati epukivu ni mahususi kijinsia, ufahamu wa wasichana kuhusu misamiati epukivu ulizidi kidogo tu ule wa wavulana. Utabiri zaidi wa mwitiko wa watoto ulikuwa wa mazingira ya kiisimujamii: watoto kutoka familia zenye usuli wa 'kiutamaduni' walionesha ufahamu mkubwa wa maneno epukivu. Kulingana na matokeo haya, tumejadili namna gani mabadiliko ya kijamii yanavyoweza kuathiri aina hii ya uhawilishaji wa maarifa. Usahihi wa jumla unaonesha uasili wa polepole wa aina fulani ya ujifunzaji katika baadhi ya mambo ya kiutamaduni. [ujifunzaji lugha, uhawilishaji wa ufahamu, rejista epukivu]

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“…The concept of a semiotic economy also addresses the ways that different kinds of voicing are delegated to different persons in a relational system (Irvine and Gunner 2018). It can thus make clear how voices that seem to serve entirely separate functions, and acts of voicing across seemingly disparate domains (for instance, the domestic and the public or the world of entertainment and the world of politics), interact to produce meaning.…”

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Weidman¹

2021

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Acknowled gmentsIt is my pleasure to acknowledge the people and institutions who have helped bring this work to life.My heartfelt thanks go to all those who took time from their busy lives to graciously allow an anthropologist into their midst. This book would not exist without the cumulative insight I gained from interviews and conversations and from observing the work of playback singers, voice teachers, music directors, sound engineers, lyricists, fans, and radio announcers. In Chennai: Anuradha

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With Respect to Zulu: Revisiting ukuHlonipha

Cited by 27 publications

References 34 publications

Intimate crimes: heroin and the rise of amaphara in South Africa

Intimate crimes: heroin and the rise of amaphara in South Africa

Children's Knowledge of a Name‐Based Avoidance Register: A Quantitative Study among Datooga of Tanzania

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