The Gendered and Sexual Lives of South African Youth: Young People’s Stories of Identity
Floretta Boonzaier and Simone Peters, editors | | ISBN: 978-1-928246-64-0 $45.00 |
2024/204 pages
Distributed for Best Red, an imprint of HSRC Press |
DESCRIPTION
Reflecting a concern with the high rates of gendered and sexual violence in South Africa, the authors of this innovative book explore the experiences of and identifications with gender and sexuality of a diverse group of young people, as well as how those experiences/identifications intersect with race, class, age, and place.
The research presented in the book is based on the use of photovoice, a participatory research methodology. This approach allowed the participants to share their knowledge and expertise and to gain a critical consciousness about their identities without fear of stigma or violence.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Floretta Boonzaier is professor of psychology at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Simone Peters is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anthropology at UCT.
CONTENTS
- Engaging Young People Through Photovoice—the Editors.
- Beyond the Binary: Young and Trans in Cape Town—S. Pitcher and F. Boonzaier.
- Through the Rainbow Lens: A Photovoice Study with LGB Students at University of Cape Town—S. Peters, F. Boonzaier, and L. Rolfe.
- Bodies Out of Place: Black Queer Students Negotiating Identity at the University of Cape Town—F. Boonzaier and L. Mkhize.
- Children's Constructions of Gender: A Participatory Project—M. Mohana and F. Boonzaier.
- "Living in Mitchell's Plain Isn't All That People Actually Think": Young People Holding Complexity in Narratives of Marginalization, Stigmatization, Violence, and Radical Hope—F. Boonzaier and T. van Niekerk.
- Construction of Black Female Bodies and Beauty: Conformity and Resistance—T. Ndabane, S. Kessie, and F. Boonzaier.
- Digital Storytelling About Gender-Based Violence—K. Mabaso, M. Ndlovu, and T. van Niekerk.
- Conclusion: Learning Lessons, Mapping Paths—the Editors.
