Learning the hard way : masculinity, place, and the gender gap in education / Edward W. Morris.

Author: Morris, Edward W., 1973-

Imprint:New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012.

Descriptionx, 212 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Introduction -- Respect and respectability -- The hidden injuries of gender -- Too cool for school: masculinity and the contradictions of achievement -- Rednecks and rutters : rural masculinity and class anxiety -- Clownin' and riffin' : urban masculinity and the complexity of race -- "Girls just care about it more": femininity and achievement as resistance -- Friday night fights.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-199) and index.

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