Rape: a South African nightmare

"South Africa has a complex relationship with rape. Pumla Dineo Gqola unpacks this relationship by paying attention to patterns and trends of rape, asking what we can learn from famous cases and why South Africa is losing the battle against rape. Gqola looks at the 2006 rape trial of Jacob Zum...

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Autor principal: Gqola, Pumla Dineo (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Auckland Park, South Africa MFBooks Joburg 2015
En:Año: 2015
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
Klappentext (Verlag)
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Palabras clave:
Masculinity > South Africa
Rape > South Africa
Rape > South Africa > Case studies
Sex crimes > South Africa
Südafrika > Vergewaltigung
Trials (Rape) > South Africa
Women > Crimes against > South Africa
Zuma, Jacob > Trials, litigation, etc
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Sumario:"South Africa has a complex relationship with rape. Pumla Dineo Gqola unpacks this relationship by paying attention to patterns and trends of rape, asking what we can learn from famous cases and why South Africa is losing the battle against rape. Gqola looks at the 2006 rape trial of Jacob Zuma and what transpired in the trial itself, as well as trying to make sense of public responses to it. She interrogates feminist responses to the Anene Booysen case, amongst other high profile cases of gender-based violence. " -- Publisher's description: http://www.jacana.co.za/book-categories/current-affairs-a-history/rape-a-south-african-nightmare-detail
South Africa has a complex relationship with rape. Pumla Dineo Gqola unpacks this relationship by paying attention to patterns and trends of rape, asking what we can learn from famous cases and why South Africa is losing the battle against rape. Gqola looks at the 2006 rape trial of Jacob Zuma and what transpired in the trial itself, as well as trying to make sense of public responses to it. She interrogates feminist responses to the Anene Booysen case, amongst other high profile cases of gender-based violence. Chapters: A recurring nightmare -- What's race got to do with rape? --Ruling violence -- The female fear factory -- Making sense of responses to the Jacob Zuma rape trial -- Forked tongue on child rape -- Rape myths -- Violent masculinities and war talk
Notas:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 180-192
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Descripción Física:x, 192 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:192060152X
9781920601522