Eroticism, Sensuality and 'Women's Secrets' among the Baganda: A Critical Analysis
Eroticism, Sensuality and 'Women's Secrets' among the Baganda: A Critical Analysis
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巴干达人的情色、肉欲和“女性的秘密”：批判性分析
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10.1111/j.1759-5436.2006.tb00308.x
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2006
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S. Tamale
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S. Tamale
在乌干达的巴干达人之间谈论“senenga za Ssenga”（senenga很重要）意味着一个作为性启蒙传统已经存在了几个世纪的制度。掌舵的是父亲（或代理）阿姨，她的角色是在一系列性问题上指导年轻女性，包括月经初潮前的做法、婚前准备、色情和生育。在当代乌干达，商业的森加语服务比比皆是，坎帕拉的街道上到处都是森加语专栏、电话广播节目和小册子。该机构正在通过“现代化”和城市化进行改造，重新划定了Ssenga的边界以适应时代。这篇文章表明，虽然《senga》促进和加强了父权制，但同时它也颠覆和模仿了父权制。通过解构森加语中性别和性的排列，本文研究了基干达语中性的结构，以及其中的女性气质和男性气质。
Talk of ‘ensonga za Ssenga’ (Ssenga matters) among the Baganda people of Uganda signifies an institution that has endured through centuries as a tradition of sexual initiation. At the helm is the paternal (or surrogate) aunt whose role is to tutor young women in a range of sexual matters, including pre-menarche practices, pre-marriage preparation, erotics and reproduction. In contemporary Uganda, commercial Ssenga services abound, with Ssenga columns and call-in radio programmes and Ssenga booklets for sale on Kampala’s streets. The institution is being transformed by ‘modernisation’ and urbanisation, redrawing the boundaries of Ssenga to suit the times. This article suggests that while Ssenga facilitates and reinforces patriarchal power, at the same time it subverts and parodies patriarchy. Through a deconstruction of the arrangement of gender and sexuality in Ssenga, this article investigates constructs of Kiganda sexuality, and of femininity and masculinity within them.