Girls, sexuality and playground‐assemblages in a South African primary school

Bibliographic Data

ID14896115
AuthorsRaksha Janak (0000-0003-3878-9855, School of Education University of KwaZulu‐Natal Durban South Africa, corresponding author), D Bhana (0000-0002-8504-041X, School of Education University of KwaZulu‐Natal Durban South Africa)
Year2024
Volume38
Issue2
Pages404-418
Publication date2024-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildren & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-0605 • E-ISSN: 1099-0860
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/chso.12711
OpenAlexW4323358588
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited26

Inspired by new feminist materialism, this paper seeks to reimagine existing knowledge of girls, sexuality and playgrounds by considering how the socio‐material reality may unlock girls' capacities for what is possible through play. Focusing on semi‐structured interviews of girls (aged 12–13), the paper draws attention to the playground as an ‘assemblage’ of human and non‐human matter that connect to illuminate other ways of being, feeling and doing. We argue that the assemblage not only creates spaces for girls to disrupt hetero‐patriarchal ideologies but simultaneously serves to reinforce them. Interventions require attention to the oppressive materialities that underpin play

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Assemblage (archaeology · Epistemology · Feeling · Human sexuality · Ideology · Materialism · Materiality (auditing · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Psychology · Social Psychology

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