The Public Accounts of a ‘Private’ Act: Domestic Violence in the Eyes of Mamelodi, a South African Township
Domestic violence against women is a serious social and public health problem facing women in South Africa and other countries. This social malaise in South Africa is often seen as “private” – committed within the home space, or “imperceptible” to the public. In other words, domestic violence is fra...
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| description | Domestic violence against women is a serious social and public health problem facing women in South Africa and other countries. This social malaise in South Africa is often seen as “private” – committed within the home space, or “imperceptible” to the public. In other words, domestic violence is framed as a phenomenon that takes place exclusively behind the closed doors of the home. This study contends with this notion of “imperceptibility” in the domestic violence discourse. Using qualitative data from Mamelodi, a black township in Pretoria, South Africa, this paper argues that the notion of imperceptibility is reductionist and helps to perpetuate the act. The commission of domestic violence does not only take place in the privacy of the home; it is also committed in public, and it is visible to the community where it takes place. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b12c6fd85764429a799ca2801d794792023-04-12T07:51:41ZengHipatia PressGéneros: Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies2014-36132019-02-018110.17583/generos.2019.3307The Public Accounts of a ‘Private’ Act: Domestic Violence in the Eyes of Mamelodi, a South African TownshipMazibuko Nokuthula Caritus0Ikechukwu Umejesi1Department of Sociology College of Human Science University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICAUNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE, EAST LONDON CAMPUS, SOUTH AFRICA.Domestic violence against women is a serious social and public health problem facing women in South Africa and other countries. This social malaise in South Africa is often seen as “private” – committed within the home space, or “imperceptible” to the public. In other words, domestic violence is framed as a phenomenon that takes place exclusively behind the closed doors of the home. This study contends with this notion of “imperceptibility” in the domestic violence discourse. Using qualitative data from Mamelodi, a black township in Pretoria, South Africa, this paper argues that the notion of imperceptibility is reductionist and helps to perpetuate the act. The commission of domestic violence does not only take place in the privacy of the home; it is also committed in public, and it is visible to the community where it takes place.https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/generos/article/view/3307violence against womenpoverty and womengenderfeminismfeminity |
| spellingShingle | Mazibuko Nokuthula Caritus Ikechukwu Umejesi The Public Accounts of a ‘Private’ Act: Domestic Violence in the Eyes of Mamelodi, a South African Township Géneros: Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies violence against women poverty and women gender feminism feminity |
| title | The Public Accounts of a ‘Private’ Act: Domestic Violence in the Eyes of Mamelodi, a South African Township |
| title_full | The Public Accounts of a ‘Private’ Act: Domestic Violence in the Eyes of Mamelodi, a South African Township |
| title_fullStr | The Public Accounts of a ‘Private’ Act: Domestic Violence in the Eyes of Mamelodi, a South African Township |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Public Accounts of a ‘Private’ Act: Domestic Violence in the Eyes of Mamelodi, a South African Township |
| title_short | The Public Accounts of a ‘Private’ Act: Domestic Violence in the Eyes of Mamelodi, a South African Township |
| title_sort | public accounts of a private act domestic violence in the eyes of mamelodi a south african township |
| topic | violence against women poverty and women gender feminism feminity |
| url | https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/generos/article/view/3307 |
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