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| Titre : |
Woven loincloths: identity construction and transcoloniality |
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| Numéro : |
21 |
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| Année : |
2003 |
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| Volume : |
IX |
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| Auteur(s) : |
Sophie GROSSMANN |
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| Résumé : |
Based on an empirical study I conducted among West African schoolchildren, this paper explores how metaphoric thought and interpretive research interact. I first consider the links between research, interpretation and metaphor. Then, I show how root and cloth metaphors have been widely used in colonial and postcolonial paradigms of African culture and identity. Taking into account how I, as a researcher, encountered children’s narratives, I examine the use of metaphor as both theatrical (staging) and scientific production (revealing). The weaving metaphor is used to reveal the multiple dynamics of self and culture processes. Originally used as a culturally relevant analytical theatricality, the weaving metaphor re-acts as theoretical feedback vis-à-vis analysis of transcolonial African culture and identity processes. |
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| Pages : |
53 - 66 |
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| DOI : |
https://www.cairn.info/revue-internationale-de-psychosociologie-2003-21-page-53.htm |
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| Type : |
Research paper |
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| Keywords : |
woven, loincloths: identity construction and transcoloniality, |
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| Citations : |
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| CAIRN : |
https://www.cairn.info/revue-internationale-de-psychosociologie-2003-21-page-53.htm |
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