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



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Autore: McDowell Linda <1949-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Redundant masculinities? : employment change and white working class youth / / Linda McDowell Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
Disciplina: 305.242/0973
Soggetto topico: 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
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Redundant masculinities  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4443-5559-7
1-281-31050-6
9786611310509
0-470-77372-3
0-470-77535-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910877136903321
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