Samantha van Schalkwyk
Biographic Data
| ID | 6567440 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samantha van Schalkwyk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samantha |
| FAMILY NAME | van Schalkwyk |
| SIGNATURE | VAN SCHALKWYK S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Trauma, Forgiveness, & Reconciliation Studies, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5007-6738 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Narrative Landscapes of Female Sexuality in Africa
Selves’ in contradiction
South Africa has one of the most advanced constitutions in the world. Several progressive laws that promise the protection of women, including the Domestic Violence Act, and a range of state-funded bodies have been established to promote women’s rights. Despite these signs of transition to democracy in the post-apartheid era, violence against women remains problematically high. The dominant perspective in both South African and international lite…
Narrative Possibilities
This article shows how a narrative methodological approach is particularly suited to examining the dynamics of intimate partner violence, especially among poor women of color in South Africa. We show how a narrative approach allowed women to represent their experiences of violence according to their own frames of meaning, examining the complexities of abuse as it is informed by sociocultural factors of gender, poverty, and deprivation. In particu…
Narrative Possibilities
This article shows how a narrative methodological approach is particularly suited to examining the dynamics of intimate partner violence, especially among poor women of color in South Africa. We show how a narrative approach allowed women to represent their experiences of violence according to their own frames of meaning, examining the complexities of abuse as it is informed by sociocultural factors of gender, poverty, and deprivation. In particu…
Selves’ in contradiction
South Africa has one of the most advanced constitutions in the world. Several progressive laws that promise the protection of women, including the Domestic Violence Act, and a range of state-funded bodies have been established to promote women’s rights. Despite these signs of transition to democracy in the post-apartheid era, violence against women remains problematically high. The dominant perspective in both South African and international lite…
Narrative Possibilities
This article shows how a narrative methodological approach is particularly suited to examining the dynamics of intimate partner violence, especially among poor women of color in South Africa. We show how a narrative approach allowed women to represent their experiences of violence according to their own frames of meaning, examining the complexities of abuse as it is informed by sociocultural factors of gender, poverty, and deprivation. In particu…
Selves’ in contradiction
South Africa has one of the most advanced constitutions in the world. Several progressive laws that promise the protection of women, including the Domestic Violence Act, and a range of state-funded bodies have been established to promote women’s rights. Despite these signs of transition to democracy in the post-apartheid era, violence against women remains problematically high. The dominant perspective in both South African and international lite…
Narrative Landscapes of Female Sexuality in Africa
Gender Studies (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sex work and related issues (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Agency (philosophy (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Domestic violence (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)