Redundant Masculinities? Employment Change and White Working Class Youth

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ISBN: 9781405105859 | 1405105852
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/8/2003

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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.

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List of Plates
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Preface
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?
Postscript
Research Methodology
The Participants
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Redundant Masculinities? Employment Change and White Working Class Youth

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