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Autore: |
Barker Gary (Gary Thomas)
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Titolo: |
Dying to be men : youth, masculinity and social exclusion / / Gary T. Barker
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.242/1/08694 |
Soggetto topico: | Young men - Social conditions |
Youth with social disabilities | |
Marginality, Social - Health aspects | |
Men - Socialization | |
Masculinity | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-180) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Why the worry about young men? -- 'Are you a hippy or a kicker?': a personal story and a way of understanding manhood -- 'Don't worry, I'm not a thief': the story of Joao -- The trouble with young men: coming of age in social exclusion -- In the headlines: interpersonal violence and gang involvement -- No place at school: low-income young men and educational attainment -- 'If you don't work, you have to steal': low income young men and employment -- In the heat of the moment: relating to women, having sex -- Learning to live with women, becoming fathers -- Dying to be men, living as men: conclusions and final reflections. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Based on field research and interviews in the USA and Brazil, Dying to be a Man explores how manhood or male identity is shaped in poor urban settings, how it is that some young men resist the prevailing norms, what the implications are for |
Titolo autorizzato: | Dying to be men ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-134-30516-8 |
1-134-30517-6 | |
1-280-16516-2 | |
0-203-42566-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910822611503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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