Gendered and Sexual Norms in Global South Early Childhood Education: Understanding Normative Discourses...

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Deevia Bhana (University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa) Yuwei Xu (University of Nottingham, UK)

Gendered and Sexual Norms in Global South Early Childhood Education

Understanding Normative Discourses in Post-Colonial Contexts

Deevia Bhana (University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa), Yuwei Xu (University of Nottingham, UK), Vina Adriany (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)

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Routledge
06 May 2025

Cultural studies; Gender studies: men; Anthropology; Moral & social purpose of education; Pre-school & kindergarten

Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Gender and Sexuality in Education

This volume examines gendered and heteronormative norms embedded within early childhood education (ECE) in the Global South, including Brazil, China, Pakistan, South Africa, and Vietnam.

In this book, the contributors explore how gender, culture, religion, masculinity, sport, and conservative politics intersect to perpetuate and resist gendered and sexual norms. The book presents a range of possibilities for disrupting and challenging these norms within early childhood educational contexts. Grounded in colonial and postcolonial discourses, the book emphasises the entanglement of gender and sexuality in ECE with legacies of colonisation and surrounding social and cultural dynamics, highlighting our responsibility to address gender inequalities and injustices.

The book will appeal to researchers, faculty, and teacher educators with interests in gender and sexuality in education, international and comparative education, and early childhood education.

Edited by: Deevia Bhana (University of Kwazulu-Natal South Africa), Yuwei Xu (University of Nottingham, UK), Vina Adriany (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 410g
ISBN: 9781032078045
ISBN 10: 1032078049
Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Gender and Sexuality in Education
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 06 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Deevia Bhana is DSI/NRF South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) in Gender and Childhood Sexuality at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Her research examines gender and sexuality across the young life course focusing on femininities, masculinities, inequalities, reproduction, health, violence, and education. Yuwei Xu is Associate Professor in Early Childhood Education at the University of Nottingham, UK. With a PhD in gender and early childhood studies gained from the University of Glasgow, Yuwei’s research interests include gender and men’s participation in early childhood education, child agency, 0–3 curriculum, child-centred pedagogy, parenting, and family relationships, play-based pedagogy, and teacher professional development. Vina Adriany is Associate Professor in Early Childhood Education and Gender at the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia. Her research interests are gender and social justice in the early years, childhood in marginalised communities, and the impact of neo-liberalism in education.