Female fear factory / Pumla Dineo Gqola.

"Patriarchy does not respect national boundaries. It is unabashedly promiscuous in its influences and tethers. Yet, it does use nationalism very productively. An empty street at night. A crowded bus. A lecture hall. All sites of female fear, instilled in women and those who have been constructed fem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gqola, Pumla Dineo (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cape Town, South Africa : Melinda Ferguson Books, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Women > Crimes against > South Africa.
Sex crimes > South Africa.
Femmes > Crimes contre > Afrique du Sud.
Crimes sexuels > Afrique du Sud.
Patriarchy in literature.
Sex crimes.
Women > Crimes against.
South Africa.
Physical Description:223 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The genesis of an idea
  • Manufacturing female fear
  • Fear, fluency and control
  • Dangerous fictions
  • Mythologising misogyny
  • The false promise of safety
  • Femicidal intimacy
  • Bodies of evidence
  • Foreign familiars
  • Fearing feminists
  • Safety, nationalism and covid-19
  • Departures: refusing the prison of fear, a diary