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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810269103321

Autore

Wolpe AnnMarie

Titolo

Within school walls : the role of discipline, sexuality and the curriculum / / AnnMarie Wolpe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2012, c1988

ISBN

1-136-63479-7

1-280-66026-0

9786613637192

1-136-63480-0

0-203-80361-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Education ; ; v. 75

Disciplina

370.19/345/0941

370.193450941

371.8220941

Soggetti

Sex discrimination in education - Great Britain

Education - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1988.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Within School Walls; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Discipline and Control; Chapter One: Within these walls; Chapter Two: Classroom behaviour; Chapter Three: Girls and boys at school; Part Two: Sexuality; Introduction; Chapter Four: Sexuality and moral order; Chapter Five: Sexuality in the school; Chapter six: Sex and everyday life; Part Three: The Curriculum; Chapter Seven: Knowledge and control; Chapter Eight: The curriculum at Berkeley; Chapter Nine: The curriculum and work; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing from her in-depth ethnographic study of a London comprehensive school the author shows how gender formation for both girls and boys is mediated by disciplinary control, sexuality and the curriculum. Her findings for girls and boys - with their important emphases - are revealed. So are the responses and perspectives of the teachers. Prior to publication of this volume much feminist writing depicted the subordination of girls as a function of patriarchal control,



both in terms of the teaching the girls receive and the behaviour of the boys around them. The author's narrative implicitl