Challenging Macho Values

Author:   JONATHAN Salisbury ,  David Jackson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780750704830


Pages:   314
Publication Date:   24 January 1996
Format:   Hardback
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"This text confronts the complacent assumption that ""boys will be boys"" which has resulted in a widespread blindness about the problem of boys in school. It challenges the culture of aggressive manliness within which most boys have grown up and the destructive masculinity that they learn later in life. This challenging is done by critically investigating the key social forces that shape boys - insults, put-downs, sport and the making of masculine bodies and militaristic culture. The book is a balance between theories on boys and classroom practice. Each chapter has a thematic introduction, a series of classroom strategies (including practical suggestions for classroom use), and an ""in the classroom"" section which includes a short account of working with boys on some of these themes in an inner-city comprehensive school."

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Author:   JONATHAN Salisbury ,  David Jackson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge Falmer
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9780750704830


ISBN 10:   0750704837
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   24 January 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments, Acting Hard — A poem by David Jackson, Preface by Jeff Hearn, 1. Introduction: Why Should Schools Take Working with Adolescent Boys Seriously?, 2. The Secondary School as a Gendered Institution, 3. Boys’ Sexualities, 4. Sexual Harassment, 5. Violence and Bullying, 6. Media Education, Boys and Masculinities, 7. Language as a Weapon, 8. The Ideal Manly Body, 9. School Sport and the Making of Boys and Men, 10. Boys’ Well-being: Learning to Take Care of Themselves and Others, 11. How Boys Become Real Lads: Life Stories about the Making of Boys, 12. Playing War, 13. Fathers and Sons, Bibliography, Index

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It should be compulsory and compelling reading for anyone working with adolescent boys. <br>-Times Educational Supplement <br>


It should be compulsory and compelling reading for anyone working with adolescent boys. -Times Educational Supplement


Author Information

Jonathan Salisbury taught in secondary schools for over twenty years and is presently working with boys in an inner-city comprehensive school in Derby as part of a research project. He has also been working with Nottingham Agenda and participating in men's conscious-raising groups for ten years. David Jackson taught in secondary English departments for nearly twenty years. He is co-founder of Nottingham Agenda, an anti-sexist programme that works with abusive and violent men and has been involved in men's groups and masculinity issues for over ten years.

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