“Raw” girls? A gender study at an urban co-educational high school


Date: September 23, 2013
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Located in a co-educational working class urban school, the case study probes why girls dress for school in a certain way. Feminist theories relating to body image and dress develop the theoretical foundation guiding the analysis. The findings uncover a lot of similar and dissimilar perspectives among the participants regarding their clothing choices. At a broader level, the study draws attention to how – when knowledge about girls is derived from outward appearances alone – erroneous assumptions can be made about particular girls and their intentions and what they may or may not do in a context of poverty, sexual violence and risk.


Publisher: University of KwaZulu Natal
Year of Publication: 2012

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