Boys, Masculinities and Reading: Gender Identity and Literacy as Social Practice

ISBN-13: 9781138220171 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 236 str.

Laura Scholes

Opis

Boys, Masculinities and Reading explores elementary students’ interpretations of their experiences of reading and the contextual influences that impact those experiences. Examining the perceived, generalized "crisis" of boys’ underperformance in reading and literacy, Scholes identifies the factors that shape perceptions of masculinity among different groups of boys across the globe.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Multiple Masculinities: Perspectives on Gender 3. Literacy as Social Practice: Social, Cultural and Political Dimensions of Reading 4. Ecological Perspectives: Masculinities and Reading as Ecological Metaphors 5. Diversity and Difference in the Classroom: Six Clusters of Students 6. I Really Love Reading! The Dream Team and Archetypal Commoners 7. Reading is for Nerds! The Bored and Banal and The Low Riders 8. Hide that Book! The Clandestine Readers and The Outsiders 9. Real World Influences on Literate Practices: Enabling and Constraining Domains of Experience 10. Boys (and girls) in the Literacy Classroom: Moving Forward Appendix A: Survey Instrument Appendix B: Interview Schedule