Masculinity on Trial in South Africa? The Zuma Rape Trial, Rape, HIV and AIDS and Masculinities

From the Foreword: [...] South Africa is a country, which has not only huge problems but also ambitious goals, socially and politically. Some of them will be addressed in this Thesis. Since the country became a democratic state in 1994, South Africa has tried to overcome more than 50 years of racial suppression/segregation and – more recently - has put into effect the most progressive constitution in the world. Another problem to be overcome in South Africa is the fact that there are about thirty different tribes and population groups, which are to be united to become one nation. A metaphor might illustrate this challenge for European readers. If the European Union with currently 27 member states would try to build one national state, t he challenge would be comparable to South Africa. Although all the European countries share to some extent the same cultural background, it would be rather difficult to combine all of them into one state.

Level thesis:degree_level

Diplom

Grantor dc:publisher

Universität Oldenburg

Year

2008

Author dc:creator

• Backhaus, Johannes Philipp

• Masculinity, Rape, HIV, Zuma, South Africa

Repository record source_url

http://oops.uni-oldenburg.de/360

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oai:oops.uni-oldenburg.de:360