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'Cover up': girls, gender and dress codes in a boarding house.

In this paper, we ask how the dress code comes to matter for black teenage girls, aged 12–15 years in the junior phase of a private boarding house in South Africa. The study draws on elements of an ethnography to illustrate how the dress code upholds gender binaries based on heteropatriarchal norms....

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Published in:Journal of Gender Studies Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 930 - 946
Main Authors: Bhana, Deevia, Rizvi, Rabia
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd May2026
Subjects:
South Africa
Binary gender system
Social justice
Electronic surveillance
Black youth
Ethnographic analysis
Patriarchy
Dress codes
Guesthouses
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