Rethinking School Violence [electronic resource] : Theory, Gender, Context /
Robinson, Kerry.author.
Davies, Cristyn.author.
Saltmarsh, S.editor.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: The Case for Rethinking School Violence; Part I: School Violence in Context; 1 'The kid most likely': Naming, Brutality and Silence within and beyond School Settings; 2 The Historical and Political Roots of School Violence in South Africa: Developing a Cross-National Theory; 3 FYI. . .Virtual Space Has a Context: Towards an Alternative Frame for Understanding Cyberbullying; 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 Practice5 Schools, Violence, Masculinities and Privilege; 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; Part III: Language, Representation and Practice; 7 Speaking Violence: Homophobia and the Production of Injurious Speech in Schooling Cultures; 8 Random School Shootings, Teen Culture and the Representation of Violence
9 Young People, Ethical Sex and Violence Prevention10 Conclusions: Rethinking School Violence: Implications for Theory, Policy and Practice; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Childhood.
Adolescence.
Educational sociology.
Educational sociology .
Education and sociology.
Social groups.
Family.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
Sociology.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Crime and Society.
Gender Studies.