Nyasha Karimakwenda
Biographic Data
| ID | 97676 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nyasha Karimakwenda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nyasha |
| FAMILY NAME | Karimakwenda |
| SIGNATURE | KARIMAKWENDA N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4684-6568 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Language of Erasure
This article investigates how the rape myths that underpinned the marital rape exemption in South Africa until 1993 have filtered into contemporary legal discourse. Through a feminist sociolegal framing, I integrate multidisciplinary tools that counter simplistic conceptions of rape myths and highlight how myths are locally and culturally contingent. With this foundation, I apply neutralization theory to the judicial language of marital rape case…
Deconstructing Characterizations of Rape, Marriage, and Custom in South Africa
A critique of multi-sectoral responses to the customary practice ofukuthwala(the isiXhosa term for abduction for purposes of marriage) in South Africa highlights attention to gendered tropes pertaining to marriage, custom, and sexual assault. Karimakwenda deconstructs how, in its inflexible framing of customary practice, the multi-sectoral campaign against violent forms of ukuthwala lacks historicization and silences women's narratives. By obscur…
Safe to Violate
Acts of necklacing during the most repressive years of apartheid have typically been located within the politically driven ‘black-on-black’ rubric. This leaves open the question of what role gender played in the necklacing of some women during the most turbulent years of the struggle against apartheid. Using the theoretical foundation of black feminist consciousness, which exposes the layered sources of oppression, as well as gender performativit…
Deconstructing Characterizations of Rape, Marriage, and Custom in South Africa
A critique of multi-sectoral responses to the customary practice ofukuthwala(the isiXhosa term for abduction for purposes of marriage) in South Africa highlights attention to gendered tropes pertaining to marriage, custom, and sexual assault. Karimakwenda deconstructs how, in its inflexible framing of customary practice, the multi-sectoral campaign against violent forms of ukuthwala lacks historicization and silences women's narratives. By obscur…
The Language of Erasure
This article investigates how the rape myths that underpinned the marital rape exemption in South Africa until 1993 have filtered into contemporary legal discourse. Through a feminist sociolegal framing, I integrate multidisciplinary tools that counter simplistic conceptions of rape myths and highlight how myths are locally and culturally contingent. With this foundation, I apply neutralization theory to the judicial language of marital rape case…
Safe to Violate
Acts of necklacing during the most repressive years of apartheid have typically been located within the politically driven ‘black-on-black’ rubric. This leaves open the question of what role gender played in the necklacing of some women during the most turbulent years of the struggle against apartheid. Using the theoretical foundation of black feminist consciousness, which exposes the layered sources of oppression, as well as gender performativit…
The Language of Erasure
This article investigates how the rape myths that underpinned the marital rape exemption in South Africa until 1993 have filtered into contemporary legal discourse. Through a feminist sociolegal framing, I integrate multidisciplinary tools that counter simplistic conceptions of rape myths and highlight how myths are locally and culturally contingent. With this foundation, I apply neutralization theory to the judicial language of marital rape case…
Deconstructing Characterizations of Rape, Marriage, and Custom in South Africa
A critique of multi-sectoral responses to the customary practice ofukuthwala(the isiXhosa term for abduction for purposes of marriage) in South Africa highlights attention to gendered tropes pertaining to marriage, custom, and sexual assault. Karimakwenda deconstructs how, in its inflexible framing of customary practice, the multi-sectoral campaign against violent forms of ukuthwala lacks historicization and silences women's narratives. By obscur…
Criminology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Framing (construction (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (2 works) · History (2 works) · South African History and Culture (2 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 work)