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Subject(s)

• Sex differences in education—United States—Case studies [Browse]
• High school boys—United States—Social conditions—Case studies [Browse]
• Men—United States—Identity—Case studies [Browse]
• Black people—Race identity—United States—Case studies [Browse]
• Academic achievement—United States—Case studies [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Case studies [Browse]

Series

• Rutgers series in childhood studies [More in this series]
• The Rutgers series in childhood studies

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-199) and index.

Contents

• Introduction
• Respect and respectability
• The "hidden injuries" of gender
• Too cool for school: masculinity and the contradictions of achievement
• "Rednecks" and "rutters": rural masculinity and class anxiety
• "Clownin'" and "riffin'": urban masculinity and the complexity of race
• "Girls just care about it more": femininity and achievement as resistance
• Friday night fights.

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ISBN

• 9780813553689 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0813553687 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 9780813553696 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0813553695 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780813553702 (e-book)
• 0813553709 (e-book)

LCCN

2011048988

OCLC

769289545

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