Gender Regulation, Violence and Social Hierarchies in School [electronic resource] : 'Sluts', 'Gays' and 'Scrubs' /
Rawlings, Victoria.author.
This book investigates the reasons why the traditional psychological understanding of bullying fails those affected, and deconstructs how bullying is shaped by prominent discourse. By drawing on poststructuralist feminist theory Victoria Rawlings highlights the social and cultural inequalities too often forgotten in analysis of aggressive behaviour in schools, and places particular emphasis on gender and sexuality as facilitating and constraining forces within school environments and bullying discourses. This book provides a necessary assessment as to why current anti-bullying approaches are failing, and offers an alternative explanation as to how and why bullying occurs. This is a timely and authoritative study which is based on qualitative research, including interviews and group sessions which are used to emphasize the real-life experiences of young people in schools today. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book has a broad appeal and will be of special interest to scholars in the fields of gender and sexuality studies, sociology, and education.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Unpacking and Re-framing 'Bullying' -- Chapter 3. Gender Regulation -- Chapter 4. Head Teacher and Principal Realities -- Chapter 5. Student Realities -- Chapter 6. 'Kick a Slut in the Head Day' -- Chapter 7. Recognising Power, Privilege and Context. .
This book investigates the reasons why the traditional psychological understanding of bullying fails those affected, and deconstructs how bullying is shaped by prominent discourse. By drawing on poststructuralist feminist theory Victoria Rawlings highlights the social and cultural inequalities too often forgotten in analysis of aggressive behaviour in schools, and places particular emphasis on gender and sexuality as facilitating and constraining forces within school environments and bullying discourses. This book provides a necessary assessment as to why current anti-bullying approaches are failing, and offers an alternative explanation as to how and why bullying occurs. This is a timely and authoritative study which is based on qualitative research, including interviews and group sessions which are used to emphasize the real-life experiences of young people in schools today. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book has a broad appeal and will be of special interest to scholars in the fields of gender and sexuality studies, sociology, and education.
Gender identity in education.
Educational sociology.
Sociology.
Educational sociology .
Education and sociology.
Slang.
Child psychology.
School psychology.
Gender and Education.
Sociology of Education.
Gender Studies.
Sociology of Education.
Slang and Jargon.
Child and School Psychology.