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State of Peril - Race and Rape in South African Literature (Hardcover)
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State of Peril - Race and Rape in South African Literature (Hardcover)
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This is a study of South African literature through the prism of
narratives of sexual violence. While most incidents of sexual
assault in South Africa are not interracial, narratives of
interracial rape have dominated the national imaginary. South
African literature has again and again circled back to images of
"black peril" (representations of the rape of white women by black
men) and "white peril" representations that show the rape of
colonised women by colonising men. Taking an historical and
comparative perspective, the book uses as theoretical underpinning
Michel Foucault's ideas on sexuality and biopolitics and Judith
Butler's speculations on race and cultural melancholia. Avoiding a
simplistic feminist perspective, the book examines the complex ways
in which race, gender and class work together in the literary texts
under examination. Where relevant, it examines the production,
dissemination and reception of the selected texts. The books argues
for an ethically responsible and dialectical approach that
recognises high levels of sexual violence in South Africa, but also
examines the racialised inferences and assumptions implicit in
representations of bodily violation.
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