Rethinking School Violence: Theory, Gender, Context

by Kerry Robinson, S. Saltmarsh (Editor), Cristyn Davies

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230576698
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/29/2012
Edition description:	2012
Pages:	229
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

List of Figures ix

Acknowledgements x

Notes on Contributors xi

Introduction: The Case for Rethinking School Violence Kerry H. Robinson Sue Saltmarsh Cristyn Davies 1

Part I School Violence in Context

1 'The kid most likely': Naming, Brutality and Silence within and beyond School Settings Sue Saltmarsh 21

2 The Historical and Political Roots of School Violence in South Africa: Developing a Cross-National Theory Ronnie Casella 38

3 FYI… Virtual Space Has a Context: Towards an Alternative Frame for Understanding Cyberbullying Amy Chapman Rachel Buchanan 56

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 Kerry H. Robinson 71

5 Schools, Violence, Masculinities and Privilege Martin Mills 94

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 Robert Morrell Deevia Bhana Vijay Hamlall 111

Part III Language, Representation and Practice

7 Speaking Violence: Homophobia and the Production of Injurious Speech in Schooling Cultures Cristyn Davies David McInnes 131

8 Random School Shootings, Teen Culture and the Representation of Violence Sara Knox 149

9 Young People, Ethical Sex and Violence Prevention Moira Carmody 167

10 Conclusions: Rethinking School Violence: Implications for Theory, Policy and Practice Kerry H. Robinson Cristyn Davies Sue Saltmarsh 184

References 195

Index 219