The changing nature of isihlonipho sabafazi
The changing nature of isihlonipho sabafazi
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isihlonipho sabafazi 性质的变化
DOI:
10.1080/00020188408707620
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发表时间:
1984
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影响因子:
0.9
通讯作者:
R. Finlayson
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作者:
R. Finlayson
The nineteen-eighties have witnessed an ever quickening pace in southern Africa towards urbanization and modernization at the expense of custom and tradition. The socially accepted way of acting in a community and the customs and beliefs being handed down from one generation. to the next have become blurred as the many forces being exerted upon the traditional family life style take effect. The object of this paper is to trace the development of a particular sociolinguistic facet, as related to the women of the Xhosa-speaking people, from its function in a traditional society to its changed character in the modernized world in which we live today.A strict code of ethics existed among the predominantly rural communities of the Xhosa with a distinct hierarchy in the social system. Hoernle (1946) noted that there was an" ordered group-life, with reciprocal rights and duties, privileges and obligations, of members, determining behaviour-patterns for each individual member towards other members, and moulding the feelings, thoughts, and conduct of members according to these patterns, so that it is only in and through them that the individual can achieve his personal self-realization and participate in the satisfaction offered by the life of his community". To this effect a baby (lisdnaclass 11/10) is accorded no gender until it is able to play a role in society. It is the mother who has the task of bringing up the child, who teaches it to speak and learn the rules according to which it must live in order to be an accepted member of the community. A young boy (inkwenkwe 9/6) is taught at the age of about 5 or 6, among other things, to herd the calves or lambs. He and his peers (intangd9/10) would set off at an early hour in the day, returning in all probability after the morning's meal and thereby having to make do with a cold rather than a freshly prepared meal. Thereafter he would set out once more to spend hours in the fields taking note of nature, learning the names of edible plants and birds, setting traps and hunting small animals and playing games such as mock fights with his friends. Meanwhile the girl {intombazdna 9/6), who is the sole concern of her mother, is kept at home to do the necessary household chores such as collecting water and wood and acting as a nurse for a younger brother or sister. Previously her main recreation was playing with clay or mealie-cob dolls.