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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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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 ![]() |
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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