The problem with boys' education : beyond the backlash / edited by Wayne Martino, Michael Kehler, and Marcus Weaver-Hightower. - New York ; London : Routledge, c2009. - xxii, 290 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issues of boys' education in the United States: diffuse contexts and futures / Marcus Weaver-Hightower -- Gender policies in Australia and the UK: the construction of new boys and girls / Martin Mills, Becky Francis, and Christine Skelton -- What can we expect of boys?: a strategy to help schools hoping for justice / Michael C. Reichert, Peter Kuriloff, and Brett Stoudt -- "Why does she need me"?: young men, gender politics, and personal practice / Rebecca Priegert Coulter -- Masculinity, racialization, and schooling: the making of marginalized men / Carl E. James -- Troubles of black boys in urban schools in the United States: black feminist and gay men's perspectives / Lance T. McCready -- The beer and the boyz: masculine transitions in a post-industrial economy / Anoop Nayak -- Hostile high school hallways / Michael Kimmel -- Boys, friendships, and knowing "it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume I am gay?" / Michael Kehler -- Tomboys and "female masculinity": (dis)embodying hegemonic masculinity, queering gender identities and relations / Emma Renold -- What can he want?: male teachers, young children, and teaching desire / James R. King -- Beyond male role models: interrogating the role of male teachers in boys' education / Wayne Martino.

9781560236825 (hbk.) 9781560236832 (pbk.)


Boys--Education.
Sex differences in education.
Men--Identity.

371.82341 / PRO 2009