Redundant Masculinities? investigates the links between the
so-called ‘crisis of masculinity’ and contemporary changes in the
labour market through the lives of young working class men.
* Allows the voices of poorly-educated young men to be
heard.
* Looks at how the labour market is changing.
* Emphasises the social construction of gender and racial
identities.
* Dispels popular myths about the crisis in masculinity.
Table of Content
List of Plates.
List of Tables.
Preface.
1. Introduction: Young, White, Male and Working Class.
2. The Rise of Poor Work: Employment Restructuring and Changing
Class and Gender Identities.
3. The Contemporary Crisis Of Masculinity: It’s Hard To Be(Come)
A Man or The Problem of/for Boys.
4. Living on The Edge: Marginal Lives In Cambridge and
Sheffield.
5. Leaving School: Pathways To Employment and Further
Education.
6. Actively Seeking Employment: Committed Workers and Reluctant
Learners.
7. Uncertain Transitions: Accidental and Incidental Workers, The
Excluded and Escape Attempts.
8. Performing Identity: Protest and Domestic Masculinities.
9. Conclusions: What Is To Be Done About Boys?
Postscript.
Appendix 1: Research Methodology.
Appendix 2: The Participants.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
About the author
Linda Mc Dowell is Professor of Geography at University College, London. Her previous publications include Capital Culture: Gender at Work in the City (Blackwells, 1997) and Gender, Identity and Place (1999).
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