Working-Class Boys and Educational Success: Teenage Identities, Masculinities and Urban Schooling

by Nicola Ingram

Book Overview

This book examines the complex relationship between working-class masculinities and educational success. Drawing on a small sample of young men attending either a selective grammar or a secondary school in the same urban area of Belfast, the author demonstrates that contrary to popular belief, some working-class boys are engaged with education, are motivated to succeed and have high aspirations. However, the structures of schooling in a society where...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137401583
• ISBN13: 9781137401588
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"