Omeshree Lakhan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1263264 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Omeshree Lakhan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Omeshree |
| FAMILY NAME | Lakhan |
| SIGNATURE | LAKHAN O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3528-8713 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Slaying, twerking and bounded becomings: Teenage girls’ digital sexual assemblages in South Africa
In South Africa, sexual danger dominates research with teenage girls. This article shifts this focus by examining how teenage girls actively shape their sexual cultures through social media within digital sexual assemblages. Drawing on arts-based collage-making and focus group discussions with 15- to 18-year-old black South African girls, the article analyses how practices of slaying, selfie production, twerking and engagement with celebrity cult…
Affordance and ambivalence in South African teenage girls’ digital dating practices
This study examines how 13–18-year-old black South African teenage girls engage with digital technologies to pursue heterosexual desires and romantic relationships. We employ a new feminist materialist framework to analyse the assemblage of digital heterosexual dating practices and how the socio-cultural and gendered dynamics shape girls’ online experiences. Drawing from interview data using vignettes, photo-elicitation methods and collages, we f…
Girls becoming 'sexy' on digital spaces: Capacities and Constraints
In this paper, we draw upon a qualitative study to investigate how black teenage girls interact with digital spaces to provide both capacities to express and constrain sexuality. Following a new feminist materialist approach, we demonstrate girls’ experiences of sexuality as embedded within a complex entanglement of matter (both human and more-than-human) that produce capacities, mediating what girls can do, feel or be on social media. Specifical…
Girls becoming 'sexy' on digital spaces: Capacities and Constraints
In this paper, we draw upon a qualitative study to investigate how black teenage girls interact with digital spaces to provide both capacities to express and constrain sexuality. Following a new feminist materialist approach, we demonstrate girls’ experiences of sexuality as embedded within a complex entanglement of matter (both human and more-than-human) that produce capacities, mediating what girls can do, feel or be on social media. Specifical…
Girls becoming 'sexy' on digital spaces: Capacities and Constraints
In this paper, we draw upon a qualitative study to investigate how black teenage girls interact with digital spaces to provide both capacities to express and constrain sexuality. Following a new feminist materialist approach, we demonstrate girls’ experiences of sexuality as embedded within a complex entanglement of matter (both human and more-than-human) that produce capacities, mediating what girls can do, feel or be on social media. Specifical…
Affordance and ambivalence in South African teenage girls’ digital dating practices
This study examines how 13–18-year-old black South African teenage girls engage with digital technologies to pursue heterosexual desires and romantic relationships. We employ a new feminist materialist framework to analyse the assemblage of digital heterosexual dating practices and how the socio-cultural and gendered dynamics shape girls’ online experiences. Drawing from interview data using vignettes, photo-elicitation methods and collages, we f…
Slaying, twerking and bounded becomings: Teenage girls’ digital sexual assemblages in South Africa
In South Africa, sexual danger dominates research with teenage girls. This article shifts this focus by examining how teenage girls actively shape their sexual cultures through social media within digital sexual assemblages. Drawing on arts-based collage-making and focus group discussions with 15- to 18-year-old black South African girls, the article analyses how practices of slaying, selfie production, twerking and engagement with celebrity cult…
Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (3 works) · Affordance (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Human sexuality (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)