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Author McDowell, Linda, 1949-

Title Redundant masculinities? : employment change and white working class youth / Linda McDowell
Published Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2003
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 287 pages) : illustrations
Series Antipode book series ; 2
Antipode book series ; 2
Contents Introduction : young, white, male and working class -- The rise of poor work : employment restructuring and changing class and gender identities -- The contemporary crisis of masculinity : it's hard to be(come) a man or the problem of/for boys -- Living on the edge : marginal lives in Cambridge and Sheffield -- Leaving school : pathways to employment and further education -- Actively seeking employment : committed workers and reluctant learners -- Uncertain transitions : accidental and incidental workers, the excluded and escape attempts -- Performing identity : protest and domestic masculinities -- Conclusions : What is to be done about boys?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-276) and index
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Subject High school dropouts -- Employment -- Great Britain.
Masculinity -- Great Britain.
Men, White -- Employment -- Great Britain.
Men, White -- Great Britain -- Psychology.
Minorities -- Employment -- Great Britain.
Young men -- Employment -- Great Britain.
Form Electronic book
Author Wiley InterScience (Online service)
ISBN 0470773723
0470775351 (electronic bk.)
1405105852 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1405105860 (paperback; alk. paper)
9780470773727
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9781405105859 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9781405105866 (paperback; alk. paper)
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