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| DIRECTORIES | |  | Research output | | | Potgieter, C. & Reddy, V. (2009) 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. In: Festic, F. (ed). Betraying the event: constructions of victimhood in comtemporary cultures. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars. 87-116. | |
| Source : |
Betraying the event: constructions of victimhood in comtemporary cultures |
| Publisher : |
Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars
, 2009 |
| ISBN number : |
14438105165 |
| Keywords : |
sexual behaviour
/ politics
/ women
/ discrimination
/ rape
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| Team : |
Potgieter, C.
Reddy, Vasu (Prof V.)
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| Output type : |
Chapter in Monograph |
| Print : |
HSRC Library: shelf number 6147 |
If you would like to obtain a copy of this Research Output, please contact Hanlie Rossinger at researchoutputs@hsrc.ac.za.
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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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