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来源

JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ETHNOGRAPHY,Vol.46,Issue3,P.310-333

语言

英文

关键字

class; education; homophobia; inclusivity; men; HOMOPHOBIA; BOYS; YOUTH; GAY; HOMOSEXUALITY; ETHNOGRAPHY; TERRAIN; SCHOOLS; WILL; SEX

作者单位

[McCormack, Mark] Univ Durham, Ctr Sex Gender & Sexual, 32 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HN, England. [Peterson, Grant] Brunel Univ, Uxbridge, Middx, England. McCormack, M (reprint author), Univ Durham, Ctr Sex Gender & Sexual, 32 Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HN, England. E-Mail: markmccormackphd@gmail.com

摘要

This research examines the construction of masculinity among a group of working-class boys aged sixteen to nineteen in the northeast of England. Drawing on data collected from a six-week ethnography with boys in a religious (Christian) sixth form college, this study documents how only a small minority of these boys embodied the orthodox archetype of masculinity that has traditionally been associated with working-class youth. Instead, the great majority of participants adopted attitudes and behaviors that can be categorized as a set of inclusive masculinities: They espoused positive attitudes toward homosexuality, engaged in physical tactility and emotional intimacy, and used homosexually themed language without the intent to wound or marginalize other boys. These findings pose a considerable challenge to dominant narratives on working-class masculinities; narratives that must now be reconfigured to account for the proliferation of inclusive masculinities among working-class youth.