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E-book: Rethinking School Violence: Theory, Gender, Context

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  • Pub. Date: 29-Oct-2012
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Taking a sociocultural approach to understanding violence, the authors in this collection examine how norms of gender, culture and educational practice contribute to school violence, providing strategies to intervene in and address violence in educational contexts.
List of Figures
ix
Acknowledgements x
Notes on Contributors xi
Introduction: The Case for Rethinking School Violence 1(20)
Kerry H. Robinson
Sue Saltmarsh
Cristyn Davies
Part I School Violence in Context
1 `The kid most likely': Naming, Brutality and Silence within and beyond School Settings
21(17)
Sue Saltmarsh
2 The Historical and Political Roots of School Violence in South Africa: Developing a Cross-National Theory
38(18)
Ronnie Casella
3 FYI... Virtual Space Has a Context: Towards an Alternative Frame for Understanding Cyberbullying
56(15)
Amy Chapman
Rachel Buchanan
Part II Gender and School Violence
4 Sexual Harassment in Schools: Issues of Identity and Power - Negotiating the Complexities, Contexts and Contradictions of This Everyday Practice
71(23)
Kerry H. Robinson
5 Schools, Violence, Masculinities and Privilege
94(17)
Martin Mills
6 `I'm not scared of the teacher - I can hold him - I can hold him with my bare hands': Schoolboys, Male Teachers and Physical Violence at a Durban Secondary School in South Africa
111(20)
Robert Morrell
Deevia Bhana
Vijay Hamlall
Part III Language, Representation and Practice
7 Speaking Violence: Homophobia and the Production of Injurious Speech in Schooling Cultures
131(18)
Cristyn Davies
David McInnes
8 Random School Shootings, Teen Culture and the Representation of Violence
149(18)
Sara Knox
9 Young People, Ethical Sex and Violence Prevention
167(17)
Moira Carmody
10 Conclusions: Rethinking School Violence: Implications for Theory, Policy and Practice
184(11)
Kerry H. Robinson
Cristyn Davies
Sue Saltmarsh
References 195(24)
Index 219
DEEVIA BHANA Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa RACHEL BUCHANAN Lecturer in Education at the University of Newcastle, Australia MOIRA CARMODY Associate Professor at the University Western Sydney, Australia RONNIE CASELLA Professor of Educational Foundations and Secondary Education at Central Connecticut State University, USA AMY CHAPMAN Lecturer in Education Studies at the Australian Catholic University, Australia VIJAY HAMLALL PhD candidate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa SARA KNOX Associate Professor at the University of Western Sydney, Australia DAVID MCINNES Lecturer at the University of Western Sydney, Australia MARTIN MILLS Professor of Education at The University of Queensland, Australia ROBERT MORRELL Professor in the Education Faculty of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa