Journal article
'Cool Boys', 'Party Animals', 'Squids' and 'Poofters': Interrogating the dynamics and politics of adolescent masculinities in school
British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol.20(2), pp.239-263
1999
Abstract
In this paper, a Foucauldian interpretive framework for analysing the production of subjectivity serves as a basis for investigating the ways in which boys fashion their masculinities at one particular school. Interviews conducted with a group of adolescent boys, aged 15-16, in a catholic co-educational high school are drawn on the document certain social practices and behaviours, which become identifiable as particularised instances of masculinity. Data are used to investigate how these boys learn to relate to themselves and to others within the context of peer-group relations and dynamics at this particular school. Possible implications of this research for educational in schools are indicated.
Details
- Title
- 'Cool Boys', 'Party Animals', 'Squids' and 'Poofters': Interrogating the dynamics and politics of adolescent masculinities in school
- Authors/Creators
- W. Martino (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- British Journal of Sociology of Education, Vol.20(2), pp.239-263
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Identifiers
- 991005544641407891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- 6 Social Sciences
- 6.11 Education & Educational Research
- 6.11.666 Educational Inequality
- Web Of Science research areas
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- Sociology
- ESI research areas
- Social Sciences, general