McCready, L. T. (2012;2011;). Call and response: How narratives of black queer youth inform popular discourses of the ‘boy crisis’ in education. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 16(4), 391-406. The shift in attention to the ‘boy crisis’ has been fueled by a spate of popular trade books dealing with raising… Continue Reading Call and response: how narratives of black queer youth inform popular discourses of the ‘boy crisis’ in education
Masculinity Studies (MS)
‘Schooling is Fooling’: Why do Jamaican boys underachieve in school?
PARRY, O. (1997). ‘schooling is fooling’: Why do jamaican boys underachieve in school?Gender and Education, 9(2), 223-231. The “female as villain” explanation of the educational underachievement of Jamaican boys is examined, based on classroom observation of 14-year-old pupils & interviews of 62 school staff. Two popular explanations in this vein… Continue Reading ‘Schooling is Fooling’: Why do Jamaican boys underachieve in school?
“A Ghetto Education Is Basic”: (Jamaican) Dancehall Masculinities As Counter-Culture
Pinnock, A. M. N. (2007). “A ghetto education is basic”: (jamaican) dancehall masculinities as counter-culture. Journal of Pan African Studies, 1(9), 47-84. Black male bodies are constructed in a largely alienating master narrative of white racism in Jamaican society. By analyzing representations of the same in Dancehall lyrics and performances… Continue Reading “A Ghetto Education Is Basic”: (Jamaican) Dancehall Masculinities As Counter-Culture