- Title
- The Potrayal of Violence Against Women in Selected Sesotho Prose Fiction
- Creator
- Letuka, Moeketsi
- Description
- Violence Against Women (VAW) in Sesotho prose fiction has received little attention. Yet, there are prose narratives that portray this form of violence. The focus of this research is on these acts of VAW, how they are portrayed and how they affect women. The study is guided by the research question: How is Violence against women portrayed in selected Sesotho prose fiction? The understanding is that in typical Basotho patriarchal society, women were, and still are, in some parts of the country, regarded as inferior and are receivers of violence from males. This is the case in love relationships, whether married or not. It is also a case in general, where men mostly dominate women. This form of violence may be verbal or emotional or physical, men being instigators. Regardless of whether verbal or physical, the harm is destructive to women. Feminism, particularly African feminism is used as a theoretical framework in this study. Feminist theory seeks to raise awareness and address this form of violence, along with other related injustices, against women in general. Nevertheless, it should be realised that women in different continents, countries and races may have different yet similar challenges which they seek to address. The Feminist theory that is employed as a theoretical framework in this research is African Feminism, which addresses the challenges of Black African Women. A secondary theory that is used in this study is psychoanalysis theory, which seeks to analyse reasons why certain characters behave as they do. The study uses desktop research as its methodology, where four Sesotho prose fiction texts were be used as primary data collection sources and were analysed using Textual Analysis theory. The collected data was analysed using thematic analysis. The study has found that physical violence affects women psychologically; and children often find themselves in the middle of the crossfire between two fighting parents, which influences their psychological development.
- Description
- Degree: M. Arts
- Date
- 2024
- Subject
- Gender-Based Violence
- Subject
- Violence against women
- Subject
- African feminism
- Subject
- Psychological violence
- Type
- Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/13503
- Identifier
- vital:78940
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Walter Sisulu University
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