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Colonizing consent : rape and governance in South Africa's Eastern Cape / Elizabeth Thornberry.
Van Pelt Library HV6569.S7 T47 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thornberry, Elizabeth, author.
- Series:
- African studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rape--South Africa--Eastern Cape--History.
- Rape.
- Rape--Law and legislation--South Africa--Eastern Cape--History.
- Sexual consent--Political aspects--South Africa--Eastern Cape--History.
- Sexual consent.
- Xhosa (African people)--Sexual behavior--South Africa--Eastern Cape--History.
- Xhosa (African people).
- Rape--Law and legislation.
- History.
- South Africa--Eastern Cape.
- South Africa.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 360 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Writing the history of rape
- Custom and consent in Xhosaland
- Sex and spiritual power
- Liberalism and the colonial law of sexual violence
- Rape and racial boundaries
- Navigating the politics of consent
- Conclusion: Rape and the postcolony.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-337) and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781108472807
- 110847280X
- OCLC:
- 1041208955
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