Learning the hard way : masculinity, place, and the gender gap in education / Edward W. Morris.

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Morris, Edward W, 1973-

Material type: Text

text

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813553702
0813553709
1283526727
9781283526722
9786613839176
6613839175

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Learning the Hard Way : Masculinity, Place, and the "Gender Gap" in Education.DDC classification:

370.15/1 23

LOC classification:

LC212.92

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Contents:

Introduction -- Respect and respectability -- The "hidden injuries" of gender -- Too cool for school: masculinity and the contradictions of achievement -- "Rednecks" and "rutters": rural masculinity and class anxiety -- "Clownin'" and "riffin'": urban masculinity and the complexity of race -- "Girls just care about it more": femininity and achievement as resistance -- Friday night fights.

Summary: In Learning the Hard Way, Edward W. Morris explores and analyzes detailed ethnographic data to examine the purported gender gap between boys and girls in educational achievement at two low-income high schools-one rural and predominantly white, the other urban and mostly African American. He explains how race, class, and geographic location combine to influence and complicate the construction of gender identities in high school students and affect the respective academic performance of the stud.

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In Learning the Hard Way, Edward W. Morris explores and analyzes detailed ethnographic data to examine the purported gender gap between boys and girls in educational achievement at two low-income high schools-one rural and predominantly white, the other urban and mostly African American. He explains how race, class, and geographic location combine to influence and complicate the construction of gender identities in high school students and affect the respective academic performance of the stud.

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