Rethinking School Violence: Theory, Gender, Context

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: The Case for Rethinking School Violence....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
‘The kid most likely’: Naming, Brutality and Silence within and beyond School Settings....Pages 21-37
The Historical and Political Roots of School Violence in South Africa: Developing a Cross-National Theory....Pages 38-55
FYI…Virtual Space Has a Context: Towards an Alternative Frame for Understanding Cyberbullying....Pages 56-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Sexual Harassment in Schools: Issues of Identity and Power — Negotiating the Complexities, Contexts and Contradictions of This Everyday Practice....Pages 71-93
Schools, Violence, Masculinities and Privilege....Pages 94-110
‘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....Pages 111-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Speaking Violence: Homophobia and the Production of Injurious Speech in Schooling Cultures....Pages 131-148
Random School Shootings, Teen Culture and the Representation of Violence....Pages 149-166
Young People, Ethical Sex and Violence Prevention....Pages 167-183
Conclusions: Rethinking School Violence: Implications for Theory, Policy and Practice....Pages 184-194
Back Matter....Pages 195-229