1st Edition
Love, Sex and Teenage Sexual Cultures in South Africa 16 turning 17
By Deevia Bhana
Copyright 2018
178 Pages
by
Routledge
178 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
178 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Love, Sex and Teenage Sexual Cultures in South Africa interrupts the relative silence around teenage constructions of love in South Africa. Against the backdrop of gender inequalities, HIV and violence, the book situates teenage constructions of love and romance within the wider social and cultural context underwritten by the histories of apartheid, chronic unemployment, poverty, and the... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Teenagers Expressing Love: Regulating Gender and Sexuality
3. Girls want Money, Boys want Virgins: Culture and the Materiality of Teenage Love
4. ‘Pure Love’: Virgins, Virtue and Desire
5. "I’m the one who says I love you first, and I’m the one to break up with you." Masculinity, Forced Love and Resistance
6. "Girls are not free." Feelings of Love, Feelings of Fear
7. Conclusion: Calling for Compassion, Care and Change
Biography
Deevia Bhana is the DST/NRF South African Research Chair and Professor in Gender and Childhood Sexuality at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
