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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877136903321

Autore

McDowell Linda <1949->

Titolo

Redundant masculinities? : employment change and white working class youth / / Linda McDowell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2003

ISBN

1-4443-5559-7

1-281-31050-6

9786611310509

0-470-77372-3

0-470-77535-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

Antipode book series ; ; 2

Disciplina

305.242/0973

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-276) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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?

Sommario/riassunto

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



poorly-educated young men to be heard.Looks at how the labour market is changing.Emphasises the social construction of gender and racial identities.Dispels popular myths about the crisis in masculinity.