'The Money's Good, The Fame's Good, The Girls Are Good': The Role of Playground Football in the Construction of Young Boys' Masculinity in a Junior School.

Swain, Jon

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ERIC Number: EJ652890

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2000

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'The Money's Good, The Fame's Good, The Girls Are Good': The Role of Playground Football in the Construction of Young Boys' Masculinity in a Junior School.

Swain, Jon

British Journal of Sociology of Education, v21 n1 p95-109 Mar 2000

Explores the effects of football (soccer) in the social construction of hegemonic masculine practices among a group of Year 6 English junior school boys. Argues that football (soccer) acts as a model for the boys in which they utilize the game as a means of constructing, negotiating, and performing their masculinity. (CMK)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Interviews, Males, Masculinity, Soccer, Social Influences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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