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Being Boys; Being Girls : Learning Masculinities and Femininities.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill Education, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (189 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780335230129
Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 155.413
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Contents:
Front cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copy right -- Cotnents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Sex and gender, power and knowledge -- Chapter 3 Masculinities and femininities as communities of practice -- Chapter 4 Learning masculinities and femininities form parents, carers and siblings -- Chapter 5 Masculinities and femininities in early years classrooms -- Chapter 6 Boys and girls in primary schools -- Chapter 7 Play and children's peer groups: Constructing masculinities and femininities in outdoor spaces -- Chapter 8 Masculinities and femininities in secondary schools -- Chapter 9 Being and becoming: Learning Masculinities and femininities in teenage communities -- Chapter 10 Conclusion -- References -- Index -- Back cover.
Summary: This book is about how boys and girls learn to be men and women. Drawing on a wide range of studies, the author examines how masculinities and femininities are developed and understood by children and young people, in families, in schools, and with their peers.
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Front cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copy right -- Cotnents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Sex and gender, power and knowledge -- Chapter 3 Masculinities and femininities as communities of practice -- Chapter 4 Learning masculinities and femininities form parents, carers and siblings -- Chapter 5 Masculinities and femininities in early years classrooms -- Chapter 6 Boys and girls in primary schools -- Chapter 7 Play and children's peer groups: Constructing masculinities and femininities in outdoor spaces -- Chapter 8 Masculinities and femininities in secondary schools -- Chapter 9 Being and becoming: Learning Masculinities and femininities in teenage communities -- Chapter 10 Conclusion -- References -- Index -- Back cover.

This book is about how boys and girls learn to be men and women. Drawing on a wide range of studies, the author examines how masculinities and femininities are developed and understood by children and young people, in families, in schools, and with their peers.

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