Constructing rape, imagining self : discourses of rape and gender subjectivity in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorDosekun, Simideleen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-29T10:02:56Z
dc.date.available2014-10-29T10:02:56Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 130-142).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the meanings and impact of rape in South Africa for fifteen women located at the University of Cape Town (UCT) who claim to have never experienced rape. Drawing upon feminist post-structuralist theories of subjectivity and taking a discursive analytic approach, the thesis explores how these women construct the phenomenon of rape in their society and thereby imagine themselves. It is based upon empirical data collected through qualitative interviews. Analysis of this data shows that the women discursively construct rape as highly prevalent in South Africa but ordinarily distant from their personal lives, concerning then 'the Other.' However, it is argued that the women also construct themselves as gendered and embodied subjects inherently vulnerable to male violence such as rape. This means that the fear and imagination of rape are not absent from their daily lives, but rather shape their sense of safety, agency, sexuality and citizenship in South Africa. Because these fifteen women deny personal experiences of rape, the thesis shows that they draw on public discourses and their subjective imaginations to theorise rape and rape crisis in post-apartheid South Africa.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDosekun, S. (2007). <i>Constructing rape, imagining self : discourses of rape and gender subjectivity in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Gender Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8906en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDosekun, Simidele. <i>"Constructing rape, imagining self : discourses of rape and gender subjectivity in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Gender Studies, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8906en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDosekun, S. 2007. Constructing rape, imagining self : discourses of rape and gender subjectivity in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Dosekun, Simidele AB - This thesis explores the meanings and impact of rape in South Africa for fifteen women located at the University of Cape Town (UCT) who claim to have never experienced rape. Drawing upon feminist post-structuralist theories of subjectivity and taking a discursive analytic approach, the thesis explores how these women construct the phenomenon of rape in their society and thereby imagine themselves. It is based upon empirical data collected through qualitative interviews. Analysis of this data shows that the women discursively construct rape as highly prevalent in South Africa but ordinarily distant from their personal lives, concerning then 'the Other.' However, it is argued that the women also construct themselves as gendered and embodied subjects inherently vulnerable to male violence such as rape. This means that the fear and imagination of rape are not absent from their daily lives, but rather shape their sense of safety, agency, sexuality and citizenship in South Africa. Because these fifteen women deny personal experiences of rape, the thesis shows that they draw on public discourses and their subjective imaginations to theorise rape and rape crisis in post-apartheid South Africa. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Constructing rape, imagining self : discourses of rape and gender subjectivity in South Africa TI - Constructing rape, imagining self : discourses of rape and gender subjectivity in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8906 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8906
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDosekun S. Constructing rape, imagining self : discourses of rape and gender subjectivity in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Gender Studies, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8906en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentGender Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherGender Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleConstructing rape, imagining self : discourses of rape and gender subjectivity in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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