Learning the hard way : masculinity, place, and the gender gap in education / Edward W. Morris.

By:

Morris, Edward W, 1973-

Series: The Rutgers series in childhood studiesPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012.Description: x, 212 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780813553689 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813553696 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813553702 (e-book)

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DDC classification:

370.15/1 23

LOC classification:

LC212.92 .M67 2012

Contents:

Introduction -- Respect and respectability -- The hidden injuries of gender -- Too cool for school: masculinity and the contradictions of achievement -- Rednecks and rutters : rural masculinity and class anxiety -- Clownin' and riffin' : urban masculinity and the complexity of race -- "Girls just care about it more": femininity and achievement as resistance -- Friday night fights.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-199) and index.