Constructing the 'Literate Boy': Analysing Masculinities on Websites Created in Response to the Boys' Literacy 'Crisis'

Autor/in	McDonald, Sarah
Titel	Constructing the 'Literate Boy': Analysing Masculinities on Websites Created in Response to the Boys' Literacy 'Crisis'
Quelle	In: English in Australia, 54 (2019) 2, S.32-41 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0155-2147
Schlagwörter	Males; Literacy; Masculinity; Web Sites; Middle School Students; Early Adolescents; Cultural Influences; Reading Achievement; Gender Issues; Reading Motivation; Intervention; Reading Material Selection; Books + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Männlichkeit; Web-Design; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Leseleistung; Geschlechterfrage; Lesemotivation; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie
Abstract	Boys have long been positioned as marginalised participants in the education system, where categorical notions of boys as failing and girls as achieving persist. These ideas have played out strongly in western societies in the areas of literacy and reading, with a convergence of boys and literacy 'crises'. While it has been documented that some boys underperform in reading ability when compared to some girls, essentialist notions of gender fail to consider the way achievement is not simply based on sex. Drawing on Bourdieu's concept of habitus, specifically a literate habitus (Carrington & Luke, 1997), this article analyses two websites created to promote reading for middle-school boys. It considers how these sites contribute to and perpetuate constructions of hegemonic masculinities. Focusing on the websites as promoting 'boy-friendly' literacy interventions, the text-based analysis considers the ways particular constructions of masculinity are represented and why this may be problematic in terms of our work with middle-school boys. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association for the Teaching of English. English House, 416 Magill Road, Kensington Gardens, SA 5068 Australia. Tel: +61-8-8332-2845; Fax: +61-8-8333-0394; e-mail: aate@aate.org.au; Web site: http://www.aate.org.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01