Masculinities in Text and Teaching

by B. Knights (Editor)

Overview

In a climate of anxiety about boys and reading, this book addresses the gendering of English Studies, drawing on recent research on masculinity. In drawing together the study of text and narrative with insight into the experience of the classroom, this book will be of value to both teachers and students of English Studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230003415
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	12/04/2007
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	245
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

DENNIS W. ALLEN Professor of English at West Virginia University, USA JOHN BEYNON Head of Communication, Cultural & Media Studies in the Cardiff School of Creative Industries, University of Glamorgan, UK ROBERT BURDEN Reader in English Studies in the School of Arts and Media at the University of Teesside, UK RACHEL CARROLL Principal Lecturer and Subject Group Leader in English Studies at the University of Teesside, UK RANITA CHATTERJEE Assistant Professor of English at California State University, Northridge, USA MARK DOOLEY Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Teesside, UK ALICE FERREBE Lecturer in English at Liverpool John Moores University, UK RUTH HELYER Senior Lecturer at the University of Teesside, UK WAYNE MARTINO Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Western Ontario, USA RUTH PAGE Senior Lecturer at the University of Central England in Birmingham, UK CHRIS THURGAR-DAWSON Programme Leader for English Studies at the University of Teesside, UK CRIS YELLAND Principal Lecturer in English Studies at the University of Teesside, UK

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Preface Masculinities in Text and Teaching; B.Knights Training to be an English Teacher: Negotiating Gendered Subjectivities and the Gendered Curriculum as Inter-Linked Cultural Processes; W.Martino Queer Teaching/Teaching Queer: Renaissance Masculinities and the Seminar; M.Dooley Charlotte Dacre's Nymphomaniacs and Demon Lovers: Teaching Female Masculinities; R.Chatterjee Masculinity and Modernism: Teaching D.H. Lawrence; R.Burden Gender and Narrative Form; R.Page Bois will be Bois: Masculinity and Pedagogy in the Gay and Lesbian Studies Classroom; D.Allen Curricula Constructions of Race and Gender: Reading African-American Masculinity; R.Carroll Lifelong Learning in the Lifelong Poem; C.Thurgar-Dawson Autobiographical Narratives in the Teaching of Masculinities; J.Beynon Atrocity and Transitivity; C.Yelland Taking Possession of Knowledge: The Masculine Academic in Don De Lillo's White Noise ; R.Helyer High Visibility: Teaching Ladlit; A.Ferrebe Afterword Index

Editorial Reviews

'An impressive collection of writings and reflections which together make an important contribution to the sociology of men and masculinities. This book will be of value to students, researchers, teachers and educationalists seeking understanding of and insights into the gendered, masculinist character of text, language and learning.' - Dr Stephen Whitehead, Keele University, UK

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