When Boys Become Boys: Development, Relationships, and Masculinity

by Carol Gilligan and Judy Y. Chu

Book Overview

Based on a two-year study that followed boys from pre-kindergarten through first grade, When Boys Become Boys offers a new way of thinking about boys' development. Through focusing on a critical moment of transition in boys' lives, Judy Y. Chu reveals boys' early ability to be emotionally perceptive, articulate, and responsive in their relationships, and how these "feminine" qualities become less apparent as boys learn to prove that they are boys...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814764800
• ISBN13: 9780814764800
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"