Redundant Masculinities? Employment change and White Working Class Youth
Wiley-Blackwell (Hersteller)
9780470773727 (ISBN)
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Redundant Masculinities? investigates the links between the so-called 'crisis of masculinity' and contemporary changes in the labour market through the lives of young working class men. * Allows the voices of poorly-educated young men to be heard. * Looks at how the labour market is changing. * Emphasises the social construction of gender and racial identities. * Dispels popular myths about the crisis in masculinity.
Linda McDowell is Professor of Geography at University College, London. Her previous publications include Capital Culture: Gender at Work in the City (Blackwells, 1997) and Gender, Identity and Place (1999).
List of Plates. List of Tables. Preface. 1. Introduction: Young, White, Male and Working Class. 2. The Rise of Poor Work: Employment Restructuring and Changing Class and Gender Identities. 3. The Contemporary Crisis Of Masculinity: It's Hard To Be(Come) A Man or The Problem of/for Boys. 4. Living on The Edge: Marginal Lives In Cambridge and Sheffield. 5. Leaving School: Pathways To Employment and Further Education. 6. Actively Seeking Employment: Committed Workers and Reluctant Learners. 7. Uncertain Transitions: Accidental and Incidental Workers, The Excluded and Escape Attempts. 8. Performing Identity: Protest and Domestic Masculinities. 9. Conclusions: What Is To Be Done About Boys?. Postscript. Appendix 1: Research Methodology. Appendix 2: The Participants. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.2.2008 |
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| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 232 mm |
| Gewicht | 558 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9780470773727 / 9780470773727 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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