The Making of Men: Masculinities, Sexualities and SchoolingMairtin Mac an Ghaill explores how boys learn to be men in schools while policing their own and others' sexuality. The text focuses on the students' confusions and contradictions in their gendered experiences; and upon how schools actively produce, through the official and hidden curriculum, a range of masculinities which young men come to inhabit. The author attempts to do full justice to the complex phenomenon of male heterosexual subjectivities and to the role of schooling in forming sexual identities. |
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Connell ( 1985 : 155 ) adds that teaching , which is often seen as a “ soft ” job , is
not however unambiguously masculine , because it involves emotional
engagement and caring for children , which are traditionally defined as women ' s
work .
Connell ( 1985 : 155 ) adds that teaching , which is often seen as a “ soft ” job , is
not however unambiguously masculine , because it involves emotional
engagement and caring for children , which are traditionally defined as women ' s
work .
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conceptions of power , authority , management and emotional commitment . ... of
authority and masculinity within the Enlightenment tradition , in which reason is
defined in opposition to nature , that is , our emotions , feelings and desires .
conceptions of power , authority , management and emotional commitment . ... of
authority and masculinity within the Enlightenment tradition , in which reason is
defined in opposition to nature , that is , our emotions , feelings and desires .
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Of particular significance here was their learning the masculine code of splitting
sexual practices from emotional feelings . Wood ( 1984 : 83 – 4 ) points to the
insecurity men experience in the process of acknowledging their ' more feminine
...
Of particular significance here was their learning the masculine code of splitting
sexual practices from emotional feelings . Wood ( 1984 : 83 – 4 ) points to the
insecurity men experience in the process of acknowledging their ' more feminine
...
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Contents
Teacher ideologies representations and practices | 15 |
Local student cultures of masculinity and sexuality | 51 |
Learning to become a heterosexual man at school | 89 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Making of Men: Masculinities, Sexualities and Schooling |
| Authors | Mairtin Mac an Ghaill, An Gha Mac |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Open University Press, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0335157823, 9780335157822 |
| Length | 209 pages |
| Subjects | › Education / General |
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