Images of rape in African fiction. Between the assumed fatality of violence and the cry for justice

Asaah, Augustine H.

doi:10.4314/aq.v28i1.61773

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“…Thus rape, which men view as a way of proving their manhood, is one of the most gruesome wartime atrocities recorded and is represented as having a lasting damaging effect on women. According to South African writer, Credo Mutwa, since "African society is basically matriarchal and women are considered to have two souls, one in their head and the other in their womb, the rape of a woman is an attack on her womb and therefore, unforgivable" (qtd in Asaah, 2007). From prehistoric times to the present Information Age, "soldiers have always seen in women a source of ready booty.…”

Section: War On Women Women In Warmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…From prehistoric times to the present Information Age, "soldiers have always seen in women a source of ready booty. That it seems natural for men to believe that war time situations and militarised conditions give them more ground to rape the weak underscores the basically violent nature of the crime" (Asaah 2007). Rape is thus a war on women that is a dimension of the general war.…”

Section: War On Women Women In Warmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Writing War, Wronging the Person: Representation of Human Insecurity in War Literature

Addei

Osei

2020

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This paper presents a survey of literature written in response to wars throughout the world. The paper argues that plays, poems, memoirs and novels have been written to celebrate combatants as heroes; war literature has also been written to overcome the trauma of war while other literature has been written to underscore the effects of war and to speak out against wars. The paper also discusses the rationale for studying war literature and argues that as creative expression, literature allows us, through the imagined world of the author, to identify social trends and structures that shape the world, in particular, the factors that lead to and sustain conflict, as well as experiences of war and its long term individual and general effects. Also, literature's aesthetic quality and its capacity to engage its audience makes it easier to transmit war time experience, and hopefully the wisdom gained from that experience, from one generation to another.

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Section: War On Women Women In Warmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: War On Women Women In Warmentioning

confidence: 99%