Rape as a Weapon of Hate: Discursive Constructions and Material Consequences of Black Lesbianism in South Africa
- 11 February 2013
- journal article
- other
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Women's Studies in Communication
- Vol. 36 (1), 72-91
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07491409.2013.755450
Abstract
When the violent years of apartheid ended in South Africa in the early 1990s, the nation reinvigorated a commitment to equality. Despite institutional gains and the constitutional recognition of gay rights, violence against gay and lesbian people in South Africa persists. This critical rhetorical analysis reveals that much media coverage about the nation constructs Black lesbianism in South Africa as especially liminal. Discursively marginalizing these women positions them such that they become vulnerable to physical/material disciplining in the form of “corrective rape.”Keywords
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