Dying to be Men: Youth, Masculinity and Social Exclusion
- ISBN-10
- 0415337747
- ISBN-13
- 9780415337748
- Series
- Dying to be Men
- Category
- Young men
- Pages
- 186
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Author
- Gary T. Barker
Description
Based on field research and interviews in the USA and Brazil, Dying to be a Man explores how manhood or male identity is shaped in poor urban settings, how it is that some young men resist the prevailing norms, what the implications are for.
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- 2011-05-09
- 526 pages
- Ebook
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- 2008-09-04
- 224 pages
- Ebook
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- 2008
- 225 pages
- Paperback
- Columbia University Press
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