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The Gendered and Sexual Lives of South African Youth: Young People’s Stories of Identity

Floretta Boonzaier and Simone Peters, editors
The Gendered and Sexual Lives of South African Youth: Young People’s Stories of Identity
ISBN: 978-1-928246-64-0
$45.00
Forthcoming May 2024/225 pages

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—F. Boonzaier.
  • Beyond the Binary: Young and Trans in Cape Town.
  • Through the Rainbow Lens: A Photovoice Study with LGB Students at University of Cape Town.
  • Bodies Out of Place: Black Queer Students Negotiating Identity at the University of Cape Town.
  • Children's Constructions of Gender: A Participatory Project. "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.
  • Construction of Black Female Bodies and Beauty: Conformity and Resistance.
  • Digital Storytelling About Gender-Based Violence.
  • Learning Lessons, Mapping Paths.
Distributed for Best Red, an imprint of HSRC Press