Une analyse féministe des proverbes « Dhako en… » (Une femme est…) dans la communauté Luo du Kenya
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https://doi.org/10.17159/tl.v60i3.14482Mots-clés :
Dhako en, objectivation, corps féminin, dégradation sociale, autre socialRésumé
Le féminisme postcolonial conceptualise le corps féminin comme volatile pour théoriser les activités vibrantes inhérentes à la (ré) identification du soi selon des approches sociales masculines. En outre, le corps féminin est également considéré comme un sujet de conquête dans le cadre d’une lutte politique visant à émanciper le soi des instigateurs de sa suppression. Le corps féminin est donc hautement politique et tente de s’émanciper de l’hégémonie patriarcale oppressive. Malgré les efforts des universitaires féministes pour proclamer l’inévitable transfiguration du corps féminin et pour élucider la transformation vers l’autonomie du soi, le discours de la tradition orale émergente et les genres émergents de la littérature orale dans les sociétés africaines contemporaines font dérailler la quête de la recréation d’une « femme envisagée ». Dans cette étude, j’analyse les proverbes « Dhako en » (une femme est) dans la communauté Luo du Kenya et j’étudie leur rôle dominant dans l’objectivation du corps féminin dans la société contemporaine. Ces proverbes ont été recueillis sur Facebook, puis analysés dans le cadre d’une approche déconstructionniste et de la théorie féministe postcoloniale de l’objectivation sexuelle. Au niveau superficiel, les proverbes « Dhako en » sont censés divertir en créant un effet comique. Je soutiens que le signifié est une femme reléguée à un simple objet de détournement, et que les signifiants incarnent des connotations sexuelles sous le prétexte d’une utilisation artistique des mots. Je conclus que ces proverbes deviennent des menaces existentielles pour le processus de « transfiguration » du corps féminin et continuent à « altérer » l’image de la femme, compliquant ainsi la lutte féministe dans son ensemble.
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