Working-Class Boys and Educational Success: Teenage Identities, Masculinities and Urban Schooling
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This book examines the complex relationship between working-class masculinities and educational success. Drawing on a small sample of young men attending either a selective grammar or a secondary school in the same urban area of Belfast, the author demonstrates that contrary to popular belief, some working-class boys are engaged with education, are motivated to succeed and have high aspirations. However, the structures of schooling in a society where...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1137401583
ISBN13:9781137401588
Release Date:May 2018
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:244 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"
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