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Teaching Masculinities in a South African Classroom
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
In terms of gender equity the first two decades of South African democracy have seen
substantial change - at least where legislation is concerned. In terms of daily lived realities
however, such change seems to have had ...
The limits of discourse: masculinity as vulnerability
(UNISA PressRoutledge, 2013)
For many, gender equity being fair to women and men is a zero sum game in which men should be willing to
give up their privileges for the creation of a more equitable and just society. The idea that men might benefit
from ...
Teacher as learner: a personal reflection on a short course for South African university educators
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
Higher education is understood to play a critical role in ongoing processes of
social transformation in post-apartheid South Africa through the production
of graduates who are critical and engaged citizens. A key challenge ...
'Family comes in all forms, blood or not': disrupting dominant narratives around the patriarchal nuclear family
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
After nearly 25 years of democracy, lives of young South Africans are
still profoundly shaped by the legacies of apartheid. This paper
considers how these differences are produced, maintained and
disrupted through an ...
Men in Africa: masculinities, materiality and meaning
(Elliot & Fitzpatrick Inc., 2010)
At a public lecture in Cape Town earlier this year, Professor
Sandra Harding, an internationally renowned feminist author,
spoke to the question ‘Can men be subjects of feminist
thought?’ (1 March 2010, District Six ...
'I act this way because why?' Prior knowledges, teaching for change, imagining new masculinities
(Scandinavian University Press, 2015)
This article begins by outlining some of the prior knowledges brought by
undergraduate students to an introduction to gender studies class in the Women's
and Gender Studies Department at the University of the Western ...
Who needs a father? South African men reflect on being fathered
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
The legacy of apartheid and continued social and economic change have meant that many
South African men and women have grown up in families from which biological fathers
are missing. In both popular and professional ...
'A living testimony of the heights to which a woman can rise’: Sarojini Naidu, Cissie Gool and the Politics of Women’s Leadership in South Africa in the 1920s
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)
A leading force in the Indian National Congress, Sarojini Naidu arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the end of February 1924 after receiving an invitation to support South African Indian political organisations in ...
Narratives of transactional sex on a university campus
(Taylor & Francis, 2012)
Given the imperatives of HIV and gender equality, South African researchers have foregrounded transactional sex as a common practice that contributes to unsafe and inequitable sexual practices. This paper presents findings ...
“It’s not a simple thing, co-publishing”: challenges of co-authorship between supervisors and students in South African higher educational contexts
(UNISA Press, 2013)
Knowledge production in South Africa remains framed by the legacies of apartheid.
Developing emerging authors and local knowledges through co-authorship between
supervisors and post graduate students is an important ...