Swain, Jon (2004) The resources and strategies that 10-11 year-old boy use to construct masculinities in the school setting. British Educational Research Journal, 30 (1). pp. 167-185. ISSN Print: 0141-1926 Online: 1469-3518
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Abstract
The data in this paper comes from an ethnographic exploration into the construction of masculinities in three junior schools in the UK between 1998 and 1999. I argue that the construction and performance of masculinity is inextricably linked to the acquisition of status within the school peer group, and I delineate the specific series of resources and strategies that the boys draw on and use in each setting to achieve this. The different meanings and practices at each school, and the different array of resources available, means that there are a different set of options and/or opportunities within each school setting to do boy, and I classify these as being either open (possible), restricted (more difficult), or closed (almost impossible). The principal and most esteemed resource used by the boys was physicality and athleticism, and I highlight the link between masculinity and the body.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is an electronic version of an article published in Swain, Jon (2004) The resources and strategies that 10-11 year-old boy use to construct masculinities in the school setting. British Educational Research Journal, 30 (1). pp. 167-185. British Educational Research Journal is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/01411920310001630017 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Primary school Sociology of childhood |
| Subjects: | Departments > National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy |
| Depositing User: | IOE Repository Editor (2) |
| Date Deposited: | 05 May 2010 13:53 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2012 22:32 |
| URI: | http://eprints.ioe.ac.uk/id/eprint/3849 |
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