Working-Class Masculinities in Australian Higher Education: Policies, Pathways and Progress

by Garth Stahl

This book takes a critical view of masculinities through an investigation of first-in-family males transitioning to higher education. Drawing on six in-depth longitudinal case studies, the focus is on how young men from working-class backgrounds engage with complex social inequalities, as well as the various capitals they draw upon to ensure their success. Through the longitudinal approach, the work problematises the rhetoric of 'poverty of aspirations'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367515091
• ISBN13: 9780367515096
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"