Esethu Monakali
Doctoral student
About:
esethu’s (they/them) work focuses on trans masculinities, trans, queer and feminist geographies. They completed BA and MA degrees in Sociology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Research interests:
• Transgender studies
• Queer, Feminist and Trans Geographies
• Black Feminist Theorising
• Masculinities
esethu’s dissertation project is a qualitative exploration of how spaces shape the construction and navigation of liveable trans masculine subjectivities. The project aims to contribute to trans, queer and feminist geographical scholarship by focusing on (social) spaces to map how trans masculine people assimilate to, reject, or invest new life into the spaces and places they move within and negotiate liveable trans subject positions.
Publications
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Trans Masculine Geographies: On Navigating Urban Spaces and Negotiating Liveable Lives in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa
Esethu Monakali
(2024)
Dissertation“I Get Fire Inside Me That Tells Me I’m Going to Defy.”: The Discursive Construction of Trans Masculinity in Cape Town, South Africa
Esethu Monakali, Dennis A. Francis
(2022) Men and Masculinities, 25 p.3-23
Journal article‘Lose the Act’ : pedagogical implications drawn from transgender and non-binary learners’ experiences of schooling
Dennis Francis, Esethu Monakali
(2021) Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 29 p.715-731
Journal article