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Troubling the line : exploring the discursive construction of trans masculinity
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is an exploratory study that looks into the discursive construction of trans masculinity. The data for this study emanates from semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted with seven ... -
Re-negotiating space and place : intersections between migration and schooling in Kayamandi (Stellenbosch, Western Cape)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This qualitative study sought to explore the schooling and migratory experiences of African and South African migrant youth in a selected high school in the township of Kayamandi. The isiXhosa origins of ... -
Queering gender : the life histories of gender counter-normative students at Stellenbosch University
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In March 2016, members of The trans* Collective student activist group at the University of Cape Town brought to light the erasure of gender counter-normative students’ contributions to the success of ... -
Political fashioning : aesthetics, art and activism in South Africa 2013-2018
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis offers a reading of four contemporary South African artists as forms of intervention in society. I consider aesthetic practices that include the mediums of sculpture, film and performance art ... -
Its not a womans job : an exploration of the gendered nature of employment in the South African private security industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Private security provision is a career which has traditionally been associated with men and regarded as a masculine occupation. Since the adoption of the UN resolution 1325 there has been an effort to ... -
How social media democratized beauty : South African influencers experiences of the transformation of cosmetics and work in the beauty industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Over the last decade the beauty industry has undergone a ‘digital makeover’. Not only have companies selling beauty products adopted a digital language, but the way in which beauty products are being ... -
Healing, referring, supporting but not interfering : traditional healers experiences of HIV management in five South African communities taking part in the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: No abstract -
An ethnographic study on OutRight Namibia and their work on advancing gender and sexuality diversity in Namibia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This ethnographic study is based on a LGBT NGO, OutRight Namibia (ORN), in Windhoek, Namibia. This study draws on a Queer theory framework and follows a qualitative approach informed by an ethnography ...
