A dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of Social Sciences in the Department of Anthropology Faculty of Humanities University of the Witwatersrand March 2016 / This is a study of the material culture associated with male circumcision rituals among Hlubi people in the Matatiele region of South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. In recent years social scientists and public commentators have paid increasing attention to male circumcision in the context of controversies around ‘botched’ circumcisions, on the one hand, and the growing evidence, on the other hand, that male circumcision plays a role in restricting the spread of HIV. Much less attention has been paid, however, to a vital issue that underpins all these concerns: what materials give male circumcision its distinctive qualities as a cultural process, and how do various kinds of participants and observers think about those materials in relation to other domains of material culture, e.g. medical circumcision. This study will approach the topic through unstructured interviews conducted with various groups of informants / MT2017

Thesis (D. Min.)--Abilene Christian University, 2006. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-86).

This study investigates the distinguishing characteristics and the modifications to the traditional male initiation ritual as practised in KwaBhaca in the Eastern Cape. The concerns surrounding the incidence of death and maiming from related traditions is also investigated. The study reveals that • the male initiation ritual is still highly regarded in KwaBhaca; • the male initiation ritual itself is still performed strictly traditionally in KwaBhaca; • the male initiation ritual as practised in KwaBhaca has been successfully performed with minimal negative incident attributable to the performance of traditional circumcision; • where there is incidence of a negative reaction, this is usually attributable to a prior health condition of the initiate, and in these circumstances, the initiate is referred to a medical doctor, on condition that the medical doctor is himself an initiate, and that the consultation will be conducted in a place deemed to be safe from spiritual contamination • incidences of maiming and death can be attributed to a number of causes, associated with poor practice and unacceptable conduct; • boys who do not undergo circumcision in the traditional fashion are not regarded as men and remain boys in the eyes of the community. This means that they have to forego participation in important socio-spiritual ceremonies; • there is a necessity to share the experience of the successful traditional circumcision process to avoid further misadventure, maiming and death; • it is not the mechanics of the process of traditional circumcision that endangers lives, but the poor practice of the iingcibi (traditional surgeons) and other significant role-players including the initiates; • The traditional teaching that accompanies the ritual of circumcision is as important, if not more important, than the ritual itself. The study concludes with a series of recommendations aimed at rehabilitating and supporting the continuation of this important and venerated tradition. / Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2000.

Thesis (M.A.P.S.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 1998. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [79]-80).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Abilene Christian University, 2006. / Abstract and vita. Description based on Microfiche version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-86).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-151).

Submitted by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-10-03T11:41:38Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Óscar Morais Fernando Namuholopa - 2017.pdf: 2659597 bytes, checksum: c4b704da3d80eac474b0654f92fac768 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-10-03T11:41:57Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Óscar Morais Fernando Namuholopa - 2017.pdf: 2659597 bytes, checksum: c4b704da3d80eac474b0654f92fac768 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-03T11:41:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Óscar Morais Fernando Namuholopa - 2017.pdf: 2659597 bytes, checksum: c4b704da3d80eac474b0654f92fac768 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-20 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / This dissertation, entitled The role of initiation rites in the yaawo community: case of the city of Lichinga-Mozambique has the aim: to analyze the social role of initiation rites in the yaawo community; to characterize the practice of initiation rites in this community in present times Of cultural flow; to differentiate male and female initiation related to practice and thematic and to describe the role of initiation rites in the preservation of the socio-cultural values of the region. Its execution has become possible through research developed within the community, involving initiates as witness, teachers and managers of the schools where these initiates seek their learning. The research with schools and its agents aimed to analyze the relationship level between the practice of initiation rites and school institutions. The findings showed that initiation rites have the role of reinforcing internal social cohesion among members of the community, disseminating among their participants the spirit of solidarity and awakening the sense of belonging. They also have the role of socialization between initiates and the community at large. They create moral guidelines and outline the community's rules of social conduct. Initiation in the yaawo context means the attainment of social majority. By initiation the individual passes from childhood to adulthood, thus becoming part of the active part of the life of his community and enjoying full rights. They also mean the highest moment of the exaltation of culture and community identity. / Esta dissertação, intitulada O papel dos ritos de iniciação na comunidade yaawo: caso da cidade de Lichinga-Moçambique centra o seu objetivo em analisar o papel social dos ritos de iniciação na comunidade yaawo, caracterizar a prática dos ritos de iniciação nesta comunidade em tempos atuais de fluxo cultural, diferenciar a iniciação masculina e feminina quanto à prática e temática e descrever o papel dos ritos de iniciação na preservação dos valores socioculturais da região. A suaexecução tornou-se possível através da pesquisa desenvolvida dentro da comunidade, envolvendo iniciados, mestres e gestores das escolas onde estes iniciados buscam o seu aprendizado. A pesquisa junto destes últimos visava aferir o nível de relacionamento entre a prática dos ritos de iniciação e as instituições escolares. Da pesquisa, constatei que os ritos de iniciação têm o papel de reforçar a coesão social interna entre os membros da comunidade, disseminar entre os seus participantes o espírito de solidariedade e despertar o sentimento de pertença. Têm igualmente, o papel de socialização entre os iniciados e a comunidade em geral. Eles criam linhas mestras da moral e traçam as regras de conduta social da comunidade. A iniciação no contexto yaawo significa a conquista da maioridade social. Pela iniciação o indivíduo passa da infância para a vida adulta, passando assim a integrar a parte ativa da vida da sua comunidade e gozando de plenos direitos. Significam ainda, o momento mais alto da exaltação da cultura e identidade da comunidade.

Submitted by Celso Magalhaes (celsomagalhaes@ufrrj.br) on 2017-07-18T13:21:37Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Miguel Arcanjo Lima Maia.pdf: 776184 bytes, checksum: f85bdb8baac52bd9529d1e64b19d6e7f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-18T13:21:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Miguel Arcanjo Lima Maia.pdf: 776184 bytes, checksum: f85bdb8baac52bd9529d1e64b19d6e7f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-05-23 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico - CNPq / The aim of this paper is to discuss the absence of ?psychology continents? in modern western society, emblematized in the absence and weakening of dimensions of ?rites? and ?initiation rituals?. Asserting all crisis process and emptying of contemporary identities, called post-modern by some, our hypothesis works with the perception that the gap felt by these complex social procedures, common to all non-secular societies, would converge into unconscious reproduction of its logic found in the creation of miscellaneous contemporary groups. The Black Blocs was the group we used to design this parallel: collective phenomenon existent in diversified nationalities, analyzed beyond its political intents in its most archaic and unconscious dimensions and stimuli. It is a bibliographical, theoretical and revision research in which we illustrate this parallel from the analysis of several detailed elements in the rites and initiation rituals found in implicit symbologies and structure and in its body of actions and foundations of thought / O objetivo desta disserta??o ? discutir a aus?ncia dos ?continentes psicol?gicos? na sociedade moderna ocidental, emblematizados na aus?ncia e enfraquecimento das dimens?es dos ?ritos? e ?rituais de inicia??o?; corroborando em todo processo de crise e ?esvaziamento? das identidades contempor?neas, para alguns chamada p?s-moderna. Nossa hip?tese trabalha com a percep??o de que a lacuna sentida por estas complexas opera??es sociais comuns a todas sociedades n?o se seculares, convergiria na reprodu??o em formatos inconscientes de sua l?gica presente na forma??o de grupos contempor?neos das mais diversas matizes. O grupo que utilizamos para tra?ar este paralelo foram os Black Blocs, fen?meno coletivo, presente nas mais diversas nacionalidades, analisados, para al?m de seus fins pol?ticos, em suas tend?ncias mais inconscientes e arcaicas. Trata-se de uma pesquisa bibliogr?fica e te?rica, na qual ilustramos este paralelo a partir da an?lise dos diversos pontos das dimens?es dos rituais e ritos de inicia??o, pormenorizados, encontrados na estrutura e simbologias impl?citas, tamb?m analisadas, no corpo das a??es e bases de pensamento de nosso grupo de recorte.

MA (Psychology) / Department of Psychology

MPH / Department of Public Health