Learning to Be a Man: Culture, Socialization, and Gender Identity in Five Caribbean Communities

by Barry Chevannes

Book Overview

This is a timely study of the processes by which male children are socialized, against the backdrop of growing concern among educators, social workers and the general public that Caribbean males are becoming increasingly marginalized. The work is based on qualitative research in urban and rural communities in Dominica, Guyana and Jamaica. The people in the research communities who are the subjects of the study are allowed to speak for themselves,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 976640092X
• ISBN13: 9789766400927
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"