Abstract A critique of multi-sectoral responses to the customary practice of ukuthwala (the isiXhosa term for abduction for purposes of marriage) in South Africa highlights attention to gendered tropes pertaining to marriage, custom, and sexual assault. Karimakwenda deconstructs how, in its inflexible framing of customary practice, the multi-sectoral campaign against violent forms of ukuthwala lacks historicization and silences women’s narratives. By obscuring historical and locally-embedded linkages between marriage practices and rape, the myopic campaign energizes collective anxieties around representations of violence within Black communities, and fuels misconceptions surrounding marital rape. This critique contributes to debates about gender, violence, and state power by offering a counter-narrative to simplified characterizations of sexual violence and custom.

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解构南非强奸、婚姻和习俗的特征：重新审视反对 Ukuthwala 的多部门运动

摘要 对南非 ukuthwala（出于婚姻目的的绑架的 isiXhosa 术语）习惯做法的多部门反应的批评强调了对与婚姻、习俗和性侵犯有关的性别比喻的关注。Karimakwenda 解构了在其僵化的习惯做法框架中，反对暴力形式的 ukuthwala 的多部门运动如何缺乏历史化并使女性的叙事沉默。通过模糊婚姻实践与强奸之间的历史和当地嵌入的联系，近视运动激发了对黑人社区内暴力表现的集体​​焦虑，并助长了对婚内强奸的误解。这种批评有助于关于性别、暴力、