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Autore |
McDowell Linda <1949-> |
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Titolo |
Redundant masculinities? : employment change and white working class youth / / Linda McDowell |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-4443-5559-7 |
1-281-31050-6 |
9786611310509 |
0-470-77372-3 |
0-470-77535-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (306 p.) |
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Collana |
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Antipode book series ; ; 2 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Young men - Employment - Great Britain |
Men, White - Employment - Great Britain |
Minorities - Employment - Great Britain |
High school dropouts - Employment - Great Britain |
Men, White - Great Britain - Psychology |
Masculinity - Great Britain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-276) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : young, white, male and working class -- The rise of poor work : employment restructuring and changing class and gender identities -- The contemporary crisis of masculinity : it's hard to be(come) a man or the problem of/for boys -- Living on the edge : marginal lives in Cambridge and Sheffield -- Leaving school : pathways to employment and further education -- Actively seeking employment : committed workers and reluctant learners -- Uncertain transitions : accidental and incidental workers, the excluded and escape attempts -- Performing identity : protest and domestic masculinities -- Conclusions : what is to be done about boys? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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