ERIC Number: EJ1175481
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Exploring a Taboo of Cultural Reproduction
Holligan, Chris
British Journal of Sociology of Education, v39 n4 p535-550 2018
Cultural reproduction is rarely, if ever, theorised through clandestine practices of sexual offending by teachers in the gendered hierarchies of state schools. Drawing upon Freedom of Information requests and other official qualitative data provided by a U.K. teaching council, this article endeavours to explain the form of a gendered cultural reproduction by reference to the diversity of ways in which identities are constructed and 'contracted' for female student victims. The article begins by looking at this taboo subject matter in the context of a historical patriarchal order and cultures of heterosexuality in schools, followed by a feminist perspective through which empirical theorisation is documented. Michel Foucault's work on the micro-physics of power and normativity informs the emphasis of the contemporary feminist prism. It is argued that this offending occurs under the auspices of the professional teacher-student hierarchy and produces distinctive and damaging power effects.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Gender Issues, Identification (Psychology), Females, Victims, Sexual Abuse, Teacher Behavior, Power Structure, Sexuality, Males, School Culture, Social Theories, Feminism, Crime, Elementary Secondary Education, Violence, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Personal Narratives
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Scotland)
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