|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
|
There is a newer edition of this item:
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
|
Product Description
Product Description
High school and the difficult terrain of sexuality and gender identity are brilliantly explored in this smart, incisive ethnography. Based on eighteen months of fieldwork in a racially diverse working-class high school, Dude, You're a Fag sheds new light on masculinity both as a field of meaning and as a set of social practices. C. J. Pascoe's unorthodox approach analyzes masculinity as not only a gendered process but also a sexual one. She demonstrates how the "specter of the fag" becomes a disciplinary mechanism for regulating heterosexual as well as homosexual boys and how the "fag discourse" is as much tied to gender as it is to sexuality.
From the Inside Flap
"Laced with evocative stories based on ethnographic observations and interviews with high school kids, Dude, You're a Fag tells gripping stories of life in high school, while helping to extend the cutting edge of scholarly theory on gender and sexualities. C.J. Pascoe has contributed a highly readable and extremely insightful book that will be required reading for students and scholars of youth and the construction of sex and gender in schools."--Michael A. Messner, author of Taking the Field: Women, Men and Sports
"This is a strikingly original study of schoolboys renegotiating class, gender, and ethnicity, along with the labeling as 'fag'. Here homophobia is at work in a path breaking study, which is also a highly readable must-read."--Ken Plummer, University of Essex, and editor of Sexualities
"We know that schools are a central site for the construction of gender identity, but until C. J. Pascoe's careful and compassionate ethnography, we haven't known exactly how gender conformity is extracted from a slurry of humiliations, fears, and anxieties. Boys will not be boys unless they are made to be, by violence, real or implied. A troubling, thoughtful work."--Michael Kimmel, author of Manhood in America
"Pascoe's thoughtful analysis of the rhetorical and interactional processes that constitute the field of masculinity for young, high school men coming of age is rich and engaging. With fresh insight and careful observation, Pascoe sheds new light on the complex interplay of masculinity, homophobia, sexuality, and the body, compelling us to rethink the formation of gender identities, collective gender practices, and the reproduction of gender inequalities."--Amy L. Best, author of Prom Night: Youth, Schools and Popular Culture and Fast Cars, Cool Rides: The Accelerating World of Youth and Their Cars
"In this superb ethnography of daily life in a contemporary high school, C. J. Pascoe highlights the sexualized dynamics of youthful masculinity. With vivid detail and perceptive analysis, she examines the 'fag talk' which pervades boys' conversations; the convergence of gender, sexual, and racialized practices in school rituals like the 'Mr. Cougar' contest; and the experiences of girls who display themselves as masculine. The result is a book that breaks fresh ground in masculinity and gender studies-and is a very good read!"--Barrie Thorne, author of Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School
"This is a strikingly original study of schoolboys renegotiating class, gender, and ethnicity, along with the labeling as 'fag'. Here homophobia is at work in a path breaking study, which is also a highly readable must-read."--Ken Plummer, University of Essex, and editor of Sexualities
"We know that schools are a central site for the construction of gender identity, but until C. J. Pascoe's careful and compassionate ethnography, we haven't known exactly how gender conformity is extracted from a slurry of humiliations, fears, and anxieties. Boys will not be boys unless they are made to be, by violence, real or implied. A troubling, thoughtful work."--Michael Kimmel, author of Manhood in America
"Pascoe's thoughtful analysis of the rhetorical and interactional processes that constitute the field of masculinity for young, high school men coming of age is rich and engaging. With fresh insight and careful observation, Pascoe sheds new light on the complex interplay of masculinity, homophobia, sexuality, and the body, compelling us to rethink the formation of gender identities, collective gender practices, and the reproduction of gender inequalities."--Amy L. Best, author of Prom Night: Youth, Schools and Popular Culture and Fast Cars, Cool Rides: The Accelerating World of Youth and Their Cars
"In this superb ethnography of daily life in a contemporary high school, C. J. Pascoe highlights the sexualized dynamics of youthful masculinity. With vivid detail and perceptive analysis, she examines the 'fag talk' which pervades boys' conversations; the convergence of gender, sexual, and racialized practices in school rituals like the 'Mr. Cougar' contest; and the experiences of girls who display themselves as masculine. The result is a book that breaks fresh ground in masculinity and gender studies-and is a very good read!"--Barrie Thorne, author of Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most helpful customer reviews
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loved this book.,
This review is from: Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School (Paperback)
Great book and I got it within the time frame that the delivery schedule allowed. Thanks for the speedy service.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta) Amazon.com:
3.2 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews) 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating Descriptions, Flat Analysis,
By Headphone Bookworm - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School (Paperback)
I really enjoyed this book. Pascoe does a good job providing a detailed description of masculinity within a variety of social settings at Riverton High School. Unfortunately, she spends more time on specific spaces (such as auto-shop) and certain groups of students (like the Basketball Girls), than on the school as a whole. I wonder if she would have gotten slightly different results had she focused on more generic spaces such as 'the classroom'. Still, Pascoe does a great job explaining how masculinity is at work in these settings. Some of her explanations go against what the students said, which makes some of her claims somewhat suspicious, though I found most of her arguments in these cases convincing. I particularly appreciated Pascoe's use of Butler's idea of the specter, which she applied to the term/identity/idea of 'the fag'. I applaud Pascoe for including race analysis in this work, though it is only a minor part and doesn't go into great depth, I still think she used it well.My big complaint about this book is that there isn't anything amazing in her conclusion. I was so happy to see that she included both 'theoretical implications' and 'practical' implications. However, her suggestions in the conclusion were not ground-breaking. Finally, Pascoe extends 'the fag discourse' further than I would have expected. She includes not only times when students explicity say 'fag' as discourse, but also times when these students (male) imitate effeminate behavior. While I think it was appropriate to do so, I was disappointed in her lack of ability to see the radical potential in the effeminate imitations. She chalked up these imitations to be purely anti-fag. Perhaps in the situations she saw it was such, but I have seen situations in which these imitations have been part of the 'deep play' she ends up suggesting would help break the sexism and heterosexism/homophobia so rampant in American high schools today. Yet, she didn't make the connection between the two. 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Depends on why you read it.,
By JakeWheeler - Published on Amazon.com
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School (Paperback)
I originally purchased this book for my Sociology class in college. This book not only helps to inform and educate, but is also a huge eye opener to me. I never originally planned on reading the rest of the book after my class had ended. This book itself was so shocking that it literally changed my views on masculinity and femininity for who knows, maybe my entire life. I'll admit that I wish this book wasn't assigned, but its something I recommend to those who wish to take a stand against bullying in the education system when it comes to masculinity and other issues such as this. Its a good read, just was hard for me personally.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting book, but a little biased 3.5 stars,
By Roselynde Barrow - Published on Amazon.com
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School (Paperback)
I read this book for a class required by my undergrad, so I may have a different mindset than one who read it for fun.Pascoe spent several weeks in a NorCal high school, studying the impact and influence of gender and sexuality with these kids. Their personal interviews are surprisingly insightful and self-reflective. The big, stereotypical star football player is very aware of gender roles and double standards. There is another popular female athlete who dresses as a drag queen for halloween, and finds it riotously funny. Many parts of this book are less-than objective, which is understandable when dealing with this part of anthropology. But, the setting (public high school) and the layman's language makes this book something a person from any area of study can read to help open his mind to new ideas (or even just the study of them). |
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Gay & Lesbian > Nonfiction
- Books > Health, Mind & Body > Psychology & Counseling > Adolescent Psychology
- Books > Health, Mind & Body > Psychology & Counseling > Child Psychology
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Education > Secondary Education
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Social Sciences > Gay & Lesbian Studies
- Books > New & Used Textbooks > Social Sciences > Gender Studies
- Books > Nonfiction > Education > Elementary School
- Books > Nonfiction > Education > High School
- Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Children's Studies
- Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Gender Studies > Men
- Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Special Groups > Gay & Lesbian
- Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Special Groups > Gay Men
- Books > Parenting & Families > Parenting > Teenagers
- Books > Professional & Technical > Education > By Level > Elementary School
- Books > Professional & Technical > Education > By Level > High School
- Books > Science > Behavioural Sciences
- Books > Teens > Social Issues
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
