Contesting the "private" and "public": the representation of sex, politics and culture in the event(s) of the Jacob Zuma versus Kwezi rape trial in South Africa
SOURCE: Betraying the event: constructions of victimhood in comtemporary cultures
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009
TITLE AUTHOR(S): C.Potgieter, V.Reddy
SOURCE EDITOR(S): F.Festic
KEYWORDS: DISCRIMINATION, POLITICS, RAPE, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, WOMEN
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 6147
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4461
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4461
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009
TITLE AUTHOR(S): C.Potgieter, V.Reddy
SOURCE EDITOR(S): F.Festic
KEYWORDS: DISCRIMINATION, POLITICS, RAPE, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, WOMEN
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 6147
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4461
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4461
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Abstract
The chapter provides a perspective on the meanings of the Jacob Zuma versus Kwezi Rape Trial in South Africa. The chapter looks at the various meanings of "private" versus "public" by close reading the events surrounding the trial, both in relation to the legal proceedings within the court and the public protests outside the courtroom. The chapter offers a close reading of the judgment not in a legal sense, but through an analysis of the discourse and meanings generated. Aspects related to masculinity, power, patriarchy, culture and victimhood remain central to the argument. The chapter makes the case that the manner in which the law engages in protecting women and children, suggests that the law too, as an effect of patriarchal power, mobilizes meanings to victimize women.-
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