Diloshini Govender
Biographic Data
| ID | 308472 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Diloshini Govender |
| GIVEN NAMES | Diloshini |
| FAMILY NAME | Govender |
| SIGNATURE | GOVENDER D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8175-3367 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Parents, patriarchy and schooling amongst the Shona in rural Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, gender inequalities, economic precarity, and entrenched patriarchal norms continue to shape girls’ educational trajectories. Against this backdrop, this paper examines how parents in rural Shona communities mediate gender norms that structure what becomes possible for girls’ schooling and gender-just education. Drawing on interviews and focus group discussions with parents, and informed by Afro-feminist and masculinity perspectives, …
Parents’ views on gay male teachers in early childhood education
The stigma surrounding men’s sexuality in Early Childhood Education (ECE) is complex and part of a sexuality hierarchy within which homophobic, emasculating and disparaging undertones are often used to label male teachers in ECE as gay. In this paper the authors demonstrate the complex and gendered ways in which this stigma unfolds in a South African context and offer a decolonising gender perspective to highlight how the country’s socio-politica…
Smoking, swearing and strong muscles
Be a man
This paper draws from an ethnographic study of 8–9-year-old primary school boys’ construction of masculinities. We focus on a group of Indian and black school boys situated in a working class setting in South Africa. In their narratives, the family emerged as one of the central organising sites for the social production and reproduction of masculinity. While masculinities are produced within a broader social and cultural context, this paper gives…
Race, Class, and Masculinities in a South African Primary School
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, this article examines how 8-9-year-old South African boys construct and negotiate heterosexual masculinities in the primary school. Situated within a racially diverse schooling context comprised of a mixed class of middle and low income Indian and Black boys, we offer insights into how race and class structures intersect with masculinities to create hierarchies of power as boys navigate the pressures of compulso…
Be a man
This paper draws from an ethnographic study of 8–9-year-old primary school boys’ construction of masculinities. We focus on a group of Indian and black school boys situated in a working class setting in South Africa. In their narratives, the family emerged as one of the central organising sites for the social production and reproduction of masculinity. While masculinities are produced within a broader social and cultural context, this paper gives…
Smoking, swearing and strong muscles
Be a man
This paper draws from an ethnographic study of 8–9-year-old primary school boys’ construction of masculinities. We focus on a group of Indian and black school boys situated in a working class setting in South Africa. In their narratives, the family emerged as one of the central organising sites for the social production and reproduction of masculinity. While masculinities are produced within a broader social and cultural context, this paper gives…
Race, Class, and Masculinities in a South African Primary School
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, this article examines how 8-9-year-old South African boys construct and negotiate heterosexual masculinities in the primary school. Situated within a racially diverse schooling context comprised of a mixed class of middle and low income Indian and Black boys, we offer insights into how race and class structures intersect with masculinities to create hierarchies of power as boys navigate the pressures of compulso…
Parents’ views on gay male teachers in early childhood education
The stigma surrounding men’s sexuality in Early Childhood Education (ECE) is complex and part of a sexuality hierarchy within which homophobic, emasculating and disparaging undertones are often used to label male teachers in ECE as gay. In this paper the authors demonstrate the complex and gendered ways in which this stigma unfolds in a South African context and offer a decolonising gender perspective to highlight how the country’s socio-politica…
Parents, patriarchy and schooling amongst the Shona in rural Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, gender inequalities, economic precarity, and entrenched patriarchal norms continue to shape girls’ educational trajectories. Against this backdrop, this paper examines how parents in rural Shona communities mediate gender norms that structure what becomes possible for girls’ schooling and gender-just education. Drawing on interviews and focus group discussions with parents, and informed by Afro-feminist and masculinity perspectives, …
Gender Roles and Identity Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Masculinity (3 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Doing gender (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Hegemonic masculinity (2 works)