Beschreibung
The book focuses on the ways in which gendered and sexualised systems of power are produced in educational settings that are framed by broader social and cultural processes, both of which shape and are shaped by children and young people as they interact with each other. All these nuanced features of gender and sexuality are vital if we are to understand inequalities and violence, and fundamental to our three-ply yarn approach in this book. Focusing on the South African context, but with international relevance, the authors adopt the metaphor of the three-ply yarn (Jordan-Young, 2010): these being the cross-cutting themes of gender, sexuality and violence. Subsequently, the book illustrates the intimate ties that bind gender and sexuality with the social and cultural dimensions of violence, as experienced in educational settings.
Autorenporträt
Deevia Bhana is the NRF/DSI South African Research Chair and Professor in Gender and Childhood Sexuality at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Her research interests include children, young people, sexualities and schooling. Shakila Singh is an Associate Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Her research interests are in sexuality, gender and violence in education. Thabo Msibi is an Associate Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His research interests are in gender, sexuality as it relates to African sexualities, and the integration of sex education in mainstream teaching curricula.
