Nuancing Young Masculinities

Helsinki Boys' Intersectional Relationships in New Times

Marja Peltola, Ann Phoenix

• Publisher: Helsinki University Press
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN:
  9789523690684
• Print ISBN:
  9789523690660

Nuancing Young Masculinities tells a complex story about the plurality of young masculinities. It draws on the narratives of Finnish young people (mostly boys) of different social classes and ethnicities who attend schools in Helsinki, Finland. Their accounts of relations with peers, parents, and teachers give insights into boys' experiences and everyday practices at school, home, and in leisure time. The theoretical insights in this volume are wide-ranging, illuminating the plurality of masculinities, their dynamism, and intersections with other social identities. The young people's enthusiastic and reflexive engagement with the research dispels stereotypes of boys and masculinities and offers a unique and holistic re-imagining of masculinities. Nuancing Young Masculinities provides a nuanced and compelling understanding of young masculinities.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Tables and Images
• Transcription key
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1: Young Masculinities: Contention, Complexity and Contradictions
• Chapter 2: Keeping Context in View: The Study and the Helsinki Schools
• Chapter 3: Hegemonic Masculinities and Constructions of Gender Differences
• Chapter 4: Violence, Popularity and Constructions of Plural Masculinities
• Chapter 5: Homosocial Relationships: Peers and Friends
• Chapter 6: (Dis)identification with Representations of Masculinities
• Chapter 7: Family Relationships
• Chapter 8: Narratives of Multiculturalism
• Endnote
• References
• Index