EleMENtary school : (hyper)masculinity in a feminized context / Scott Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Scott, 1976-

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Male elementary school teachers--United States--Social conditions.

Male elementary school teachers.

Male elementary school teachers--United States--Psychology.

Masculinity.

Psychology.

Social conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 165 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : Sense, 2012.

Summary:

"Scott Richardson gives us a finely detailed experiential account of how gender and teaching are woven together in public schools. Through his own memories and the narrativized experiences of his research subjects, Richardson demonstrates both the institutional benefits associated with being male and the fragility of masculinity. Membership in the "Boys' Club" of hypermasculinity requires constant checking, surveillance, and choices that fit within the narrow range of dominant masculinity (so well detailed by R. W. Connell). Richardson's causal style parallels the ease with which men in leadership and teaching positions articulate their allegiance to gender norms and one another, and in effect, set critique of such gender norms above comment: it's just the way things are done. " - Cris Mayo, Associate Professor of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership & Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Faculty Director of the Odyssey Project; author of Disputing the Subject of Sex: Sexuality and Public School Controversies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-165)

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9460919995

9789460919992

9789460919985

9460919987

OCLC:

819631410

Publisher Number:

99951354841