ERIC Number: EJ868264
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Dec
Pages: 27
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Reference Count: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-096X
Brains versus Brawn: Classed and Racialized Masculinity in Literacy Narratives by Rose, Rodriguez, Villanueva, and Gilyard
Launius, Christie
College Composition and Communication, v61 n2 pW283-W309 Dec 2009
A feminist reading of four prominent literacy narratives--Mike Rose's "Lives on the Boundary," Richard Rodriguez's "Hunger of Memory," Victor Villanueva's "Bootstraps," and Keith Gilyard's "Voices of the Self"--shows that conflicts and anxieties about the consequences of schooling on working-class masculinity animate these texts. Each of these writers experiences, manages, and ultimately resolves, to greater or lesser degrees, his conflicts over masculinity, at least textually speaking, and does so, moreover, in ways that are linked to his views on literacy and education. (Contains 12 notes.)
Descriptors: Working Class, Masculinity, Racial Factors, Conflict, Outcomes of Education, Personal Narratives, Literacy, Social Influences, Cultural Influences, Educational Environment, Conflict Resolution, Minority Groups
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