"I'm a Geek I Am": Academic Achievement and the Performance of a Studious Working-Class Masculinity

Autor/in	Ward, Michael R. M.
Titel	"I'm a Geek I Am": Academic Achievement and the Performance of a Studious Working-Class Masculinity
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 26 (2014) 7, S.709-725 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2014.953918
Schlagwörter	Working Class; Masculinity; Ethnography; Whites; Social Change; Political Issues; Economic Factors; Cultural Influences; Disadvantaged Youth; Academic Aspiration; Social Class; Social Influences; Gender Issues; Foreign Countries; Identification (Psychology); Secondary School Students; Family Environment; Academic Achievement; Course Selection (Students); Interaction; Bullying; Sexuality; United Kingdom; United Kingdom (Wales) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeiterklasse; Männlichkeit; Ethnografie; White; Weißer; Sozialer Wandel; Politischer Faktor; Ökonomischer Faktor; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Sozialer Einfluss; Geschlechterfrage; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Familienmilieu; Schulleistung; Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; Interaktion; Mobbing; Sexualität; Großbritannien
Abstract	During the last few decades, the South Wales Valleys (UK) have undergone a considerable economic, social, cultural and political transformation, altering youth transitions from school to work. Drawing on a two and a half year ethnographic study, in the paper I concentrate on a group of academically successful young white working-class men aged 16-18 years who were dealing with these changes. I argue that these studious performances of young working-class masculinity offer a different way in which to view a disadvantaged community and explore working-class educational success. However, I argue that their future aspirations to attend university are still tempered by the classed and gender codes that underpin expectations of manhood in this deindustrial community and which can impact on successful transitions to adulthood. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10