RELIGION
JESUS THE BORDERLANDER: HYBRIDITY AS SURVIVAL STRATEGY AND MODEL FOR POLITICAL CHANGEA CULTURAL REPRESENTATION FROM THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
LETICIA AÍDA GUARDIOLA-SÁENZ
Dissertation under the direction of Professor Fernando F. Segovia
Since the 1970s the face of biblical studies in general and Johannine studies in particular has been changing. The long-standing historical methodwith its universal and objective readerhas been particularly challenged by the presence of the real readerculturally and politically positionedadvanced by cultural studies.
As real reader myselfMexican-American woman from the Two-Thirds Worldreading from the perspective of cultural studies, my aim in this project is to construct an alternative Johannine representation of Jesus as a hybrid being, a borderlander, which can operate as a postcolonial
strategy of survival and as a model for political change.
To establish the grounds for such hybrid Jesus I examine in chapter one the theories of representation used by Johannine scholarship to prove how all representations, even those considered objective, are inevitably political and
culturally conditioned.
In chapter two I survey cultural studies as my methodological foundation, highlighting its political background as an academic endeavor committed to social transformation. I define my hybrid identity as my hermeneutical lens and reading strategy.
In chapter three I offer my representation of Jesus by analyzing first the Prologue of John, to map Jesus' hybrid identity as borderlander and second, the story of the Woman Accused of adultery, where Jesus offers an opportunity for
political transformation by breaking down the patriarchal discourse.
In chapter four I conclude with the political
ramifications of Jesus' hybridity as a strategy for survival and model for political change. In our postcolonial, hybrid world, surrounded by countless political and geographical border zonessuch as the U.S.-Mexico borderlandinterdependency and integration are not far from our reach if we are willing to understand the potential of liminal and third-spaces as privileged sites of hope for a better world.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VANDERBILT/oai:VANDERBILTETD:etd-08112009-163616 |
| Date | 12 August 2009 |
| Creators | Guardiola-Sáenz, Leticia Aída |
| Contributors | Fernando F. Segovia |
| Publisher | VANDERBILT |
| Source Sets | Vanderbilt University Theses |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu//available/etd-08112009-163616/ |
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