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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factor was the large number of lone - parent , mother - headed households and
the accompanying feminization of poverty . ... In interviews with working - class
students at Parnell School , parents were frequently mentioned as influencing
their ...
factor was the large number of lone - parent , mother - headed households and
the accompanying feminization of poverty . ... In interviews with working - class
students at Parnell School , parents were frequently mentioned as influencing
their ...
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These young people point out that such issues are far more complex than their
parents ' rationally imagined ' . Without wishing to generalize from this particular
class fraction , they provide important criticisms – from the inside as it were – of a
...
These young people point out that such issues are far more complex than their
parents ' rationally imagined ' . Without wishing to generalize from this particular
class fraction , they provide important criticisms – from the inside as it were – of a
...
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Rutherford ( 1990 : 25 ) , locating children at the base of modern hierarchically
ordered societies , claims that they suffer most pain , humiliation and shame in
relation to their parents . At Parnell School , male students and their parents
spoke at ...
Rutherford ( 1990 : 25 ) , locating children at the base of modern hierarchically
ordered societies , claims that they suffer most pain , humiliation and shame in
relation to their parents . At Parnell School , male students and their parents
spoke at ...
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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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| 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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