@article{1446696,
      recid = {1446696},
      author = {Keddie, Amanda,},
      title = {The affective intensities of masculinity in shaping  gendered experience : from little boys, big boys grow /},
      pages = {1 online resource (96 pages).},
      note = {Description based upon print version of record.},
      abstract = {"We have many studies of masculinities among boys or  youth; few of them follow through to later years. Amanda  Keddie's book does just that. It's a fascinating  contemporary account of a working-class boy growing from  childhood to adolescence and adulthood. Keddie's focus on  the tangled emotions involved in bodily power, peer-group  life, and views of girls and women, gives exceptional  insights into change and persistence in masculinities".  Raewyn Connell, Professor Emerita, University of Sydney and  author of Masculinities. This book tells a story of  masculinity through the experiences of one boy, Adam. From  four different studies and time periods, it tracks moments  of significance in his life over a period of 20 years.  These moments highlight the ways in which Adam is both  drawn towards and away from a hegemonic masculinity of  physical toughness, domination, competition and an  opposition to the feminine. The book is set against the  backdrop of a long history of contentious gender politics  in Australia and globally but particularly responds to the  renewed attention to the social construction of  masculinities in the current #MeToo climate. Against this  backdrop, nuanced and longitudinal accounts of boys and  mens experiences of masculinity are significant because  they can offer insight into the complex bodily, social,  economic, and historical forces that configure  masculinities. Such understandings are important in our  endeavours as those who educate, support and work with boys  and men to transform gender inequalities. Amanda Keddie is  a Professor of Education at Deakin University. Her research  examines the processes, practices and conditions that can  impact on the pursuit of social justice in education  settings. Amandas qualitative research has been based  within Australia, England and the USA and is strongly  informed by feminist theory with a particular interest in  issues of masculinity.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1446696},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2214-5},
}