Be yourself: class, race, gender and sexuality in South African schoolchildren's accounts of social relations

Unterhalter, Elaine, Epstein, Debbie, Morrell, Robert and Moletsane, Relebohile 2004. Be yourself: class, race, gender and sexuality in South African schoolchildren's accounts of social relations. Pedagogy Culture and Society 12 (1) , pp. 53-72. 10.1080/14681360400200189

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Abstract

The article examines understandings of class, race, gender and sexuality in the writings of secondary school students in two working-class schools in Durban. The analysis of students' questions and responses to a problem page ‘agony aunt’, indicate how class and race come to be expressed through accounts of sexuality. In the letters many children highlight the importance of family relationships and their belief in schooling. These themes, while not surprising in themselves, contrast with the neglect of these issues in the literature on the sociology of education in South Africa, which has mainly been concerned with class and race inequalities.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	1468-1366
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 22:06
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/3071

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