Perceptions of staffriding in Post-Apartheid South Africa: the lethal thrill of speed or the masculine performance of a painful past?

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dc.contributor.authorSedite, Dimakatso
dc.contributor.authorBowman, Brett
dc.contributor.authorClowes, Lindsay
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-11T14:22:42Z
dc.date.available2013-09-11T14:22:42Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractStaffriding, or train surfing, involves taking life threatening physical risks by moving around the outside of moving trains. In aiming to better understand this risky practice, this small scale qualitative study used three semi-structured interviews and three focus discussions to understand perceptions of train surfing in South Africa�s Gauteng province. Semi-structured interviews comprised general station staff (n=2), and a station manager (n=1). The first two focus group discussions held were with ticket marshals (n= 6 per group, with a total of 12), and the last focus group discussion was with commuters (n=4), security personnel (n=6), and a station manager (n=1). Findings revealed that the majority of staffriders were perceived to be young, urban, black boys/men attending suburban schools. Tracing these identity co-ordinates against possible configurations of masculinity, we argue that train surfing represents a particular performance of risky, heteronormative masculinity forged within and against the historical, political and economic legacies that contoured apartheid versions of �black� manhood.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationSedite, D., et al.(2010). Perceptions of staffriding in Post-Apartheid South Africa: the lethal thrill of speed or the masculine performance of a painful past? Journal of Psychology in Africa, 20(4): 581�590en_US
dc.identifier.issn1433-0237
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/715
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherElliot & Fitzpatrick Inc.en_US
dc.rightsThis is the author postprint version of an article published by Elliot & Fitzpatrick Inc. Readers may make use of the material providing due attribution is given.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectMasculinitiesen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectRisk-takingen_US
dc.subjectTrain surfingen_US
dc.subjectPatriarchyen_US
dc.subjectRaceen_US
dc.subjectPerformativityen_US
dc.subjectRailway injuryen_US
dc.subjectStaffridingen_US
dc.subjectUrban transporten_US
dc.titlePerceptions of staffriding in Post-Apartheid South Africa: the lethal thrill of speed or the masculine performance of a painful past?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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