Challenging violence in schools : an issue of masculinities / Martin Mills.
Material type: TextSeries: Educating boys, learning genderPublisher: Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia, PA : Open University Press, 2001Description: xiv, 169 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0335205852
- 9780335205851
- 0335205844
- 9780335205844
- 373.17820994 21
- LB3013.3 .M55 2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction - challenging violence in schools as an issue -- Violence and the signifiers of masculinity -- The violencing of masculinity and masculization of violence -- Boyswork programmes and the curriculum -- Implementing change - a question of pedagogy? -- Conclusion - challenging violence in schools, principles for action.
"This book explores the relationship between violence and masculinity within schools. A substantial amount of evidence exists which demonstrates how boys are the major perpetrators of violence in schools - from extreme acts of violence such as school shootings in the US to more common forms of schoolyard bullying - and that both girls and boys are their victims. The book suggests that violence has been "masculinized" in such a way that boys often perpetrate violence as a means of demonstrating their perception of what counts as a valued form of masculinity. This masculinization of violence has often meant that girls experience violence from boys who are seeking to demonstrate their superiority over girls, and it has also meant that some boys often experience violence due to their non-conformity to dominant images of masculinity. In order to support these arguments the book draws on extensive interview data collected from boys and teachers who were involved in anti-violence programmes in their schools."--BOOK JACKET.
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