Little boys: tomorrow's macho lads
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Article Title | Little boys: tomorrow's macho lads |
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ERA Journal ID | 34674 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Keddie, Amanda |
Journal Title | Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education |
Journal Citation | 24 (3), pp. 289-306 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2003 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | Oxford, UK |
ISSN | 0159-6306 |
1469-3739 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/0159630032000172498 |
Abstract | This paper presents elements of an ethnographic case study of a group of five male friends between the ages of six and eight years. The study sought to examine the ways in which the group's social dynamics interacted to define, regulate and maintain collective understandings of masculinity. Dominant peer culture was found to be particularly potent in championing a hegemonic masculinity embodying and |
Keywords | masculinity, gender roles, gender construction, early childhood, peer relationships |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390304. Primary education |
390406. Gender, sexuality and education | |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Education |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9z20w/little-boys-tomorrow-s-macho-lads
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