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Review Of Dying To Be Men: Youth, Masculinity, And Social Exclusion By Gary T. Barker, Richard Mora
Review Of Dying To Be Men: Youth, Masculinity, And Social Exclusion By Gary T. Barker, Richard Mora
Richard Mora
Relying on data collected from participatory observations over several years, indepth interviews, action research, and case studies with heterosexual young men (ages 15 to 24), Barker addresses the following five issues which influence young men's choice of masculinity: * the general challenges they face while coming of age in settings of social exclusion * their vulnerability to becoming involved in gang-related violence or being the victim of such violence * their gender-specific access to and performance in school * their access to the job market, the challenges they face in acquiring employment and the meaning of work in terms of …
Review Of Being Normal Is The Only Way To Be By Wayne Martino And Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Richard Mora
Review Of Being Normal Is The Only Way To Be By Wayne Martino And Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Richard Mora
Richard Mora
Throughout the book, the authors examine the following issues, paying particular attention to how they are interconnected in the lives of students: * how hierarchies or pecking orders of masculinity and femininity impact the lives of both girls and boys at school * how an exclusive focus on boys works to silence the very significant ways in which sexuality and gender continue to impact detrimentally on girls' lives at schools * how homophobia impacts upon young people's peer group cultures and learning * how students critically question schooling in terms of its practices of normalisation * how many students are …
Review Of Voices Of African-American Teen Fathers: “I’M Doing What I Got To Do” By Angelia M. Paschal, Richard Mora
Review Of Voices Of African-American Teen Fathers: “I’M Doing What I Got To Do” By Angelia M. Paschal, Richard Mora
Richard Mora
Receiving scant scholarly attention are adolescent fathers. [...] by examining the lived experience of fatherhood from the perspectives of unmarried, low-income, African- American adolescent fathers in a Midwestern urban area," Voices of African-American Teen Fathers makes a much needed contribution "to the social science literature on adolescent parenthood"