Learning the hard way
Subtitle: masculinity, place, and the "gender gap" in education
By: Edward W. Morris
Series: Rutgers series in childhood studies
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813553689; 9780813553696; 9780813553702
Subjects: Blacks; Race identity; Academic achievement; Men; High school boys; Sex differences in education; Case studies; Social conditions; Identity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Respect and respectability; title: The "hidden injuries" of gender; title: Too cool for school: masculinity and the contradictions of achievement; title: "Rednecks" and "rutters": rural masculinity and class anxiety; title: "Clownin'" and "riffin'": urban masculinity and the complexity of race; title: "Girls just care about it more": femininity and achievement as resistance; title: Friday night fights.