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Learning the hard way : masculinity, place, and the gender gap in education /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morris, Edward W., 1973-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2012]
Series:Rutgers series in childhood studies.
Subjects:
Academic achievement > United States > Case studies.
Blacks > Race identity > United States > Case studies.
Men > United States > Identity > Case studies.
High school boys > United States > Social conditions > Case studies.
Sex differences in education > United States > Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Respect and respectability
  • The "hidden injuries" of gender
  • Too cool for school: masculinity and the contradictions of achievement
  • "Rednecks" and "rutters": rural masculinity and class anxiety
  • "Clownin'" and "riffin'": urban masculinity and the complexity of race
  • "Girls just care about it more": femininity and achievement as resistance
  • Friday night fights.