Explores and analyses detailed ethnographic data to examine the purported gender gap between boys and girls in educational achievement at two low-income high schools - one rural and predominantly white, the other urban and mostly African American. It explains how race, class, and geographic location combine to influence and complicate the construction of gender identities in high school students and affect the respective academic performance of the students he studied.
Explores and analyses detailed ethnographic data to examine the purported gender gap between boys and girls in educational achievement at two low-income high schools - one rural and predominantly white, the other urban and mostly African American. It explains how race, class, and geographic location combine to influence and complicate the construction of gender identities in high school students and affect the respective academic performance of the students he studied.
Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Respect and Respectability 3. The Hidden Injuries of Gender 4. Too Cool for School: Masculinity and the Contradictions of Achievement 5. Rednecks and Rutters: Rural Masculinity and Class Anxiety 6. Clownin' and Riffin': Urban Masculinity and the Complexity of Race 7. "Girls Just Care about It More": Femininity and Achievement As Resistance 8. Friday Night Fights 9. Conclusion Appendix. Research Methods: Process and Representation Notes References Index
Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Respect and Respectability 3. The Hidden Injuries of Gender 4. Too Cool for School: Masculinity and the Contradictions of Achievement 5. Rednecks and Rutters: Rural Masculinity and Class Anxiety 6. Clownin' and Riffin': Urban Masculinity and the Complexity of Race 7. "Girls Just Care about It More": Femininity and Achievement As Resistance 8. Friday Night Fights 9. Conclusion Appendix. Research Methods: Process and Representation Notes References Index
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