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Title: | Inclusive masculinities in a working-class sixth form in northeast England |
Authors: | Blanchard, C McCormack, M Peterson, GT |
Keywords: | Class;Education;Homophobia;Inclusivity;Men |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | SAGE |
Citation: | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 2015 |
Abstract: | This research examines the construction of masculinity among a group of working-class boys aged sixteen to nineteen in the northeast of England. Drawing on data collected from a six-week ethnography with boys in a religious (Christian) sixth form college, this study documents how only a small minority of these boys embodied the orthodox archetype of masculinity that has traditionally been associated with working-class youth. Instead, the great majority of participants adopted attitudes and behaviors that can be categorized as a set of inclusive masculinities: They espoused positive attitudes toward homosexuality, engaged in physical tactility and emotional intimacy, and used homosexually themed language without the intent to wound or marginalize other boys. These findings pose a considerable challenge to dominant narratives on working-class masculinities; narratives that must now be reconfigured to account for the proliferation of inclusive masculinities among working-class youth. |
URI: | http://jce.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/10/12/0891241615610381 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/11632 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0891241615610381 |
ISSN: | 0891-2416 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Arts and Humanities Research Papers |
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