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Paechter, C. 
ORCID: 0000-0003-3050-5571,
2019.
Where are the feminine boys? Interrogating the positions of feminised masculinities in research on gender and childhood.
Journal of Gender Studies, 28 (8), pp. 906-917.
ISSN 0958-9236
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Abstract
In this paper I examine the postion of feminine boys in the literature on gender and childhood. I argue that there has been little systematic research carried out on feminine boys, and that this is the case for several reasons. I start with discussing how researchers tend to focus on dominant narratives, with the result that alternative positions are either ignored or treated as straightforwardly subordinate. Following that, I consider some of the problems associated with how we define femininity in boys, and difficulties related to naming a boy as feminine. I then call into question the assumption that feminine boys are always subordinate in schools and related settings, and discuss spaces of resistance. Finally, I suggest ways in which research could move forward in this area.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||
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| Publication Title: | Journal of Gender Studies | ||||
| Creators: | Paechter, C. | ||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
| Date: | 2019 | ||||
| Volume: | 28 | ||||
| Number: | 8 | ||||
| ISSN: | 0958-9236 | ||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher | ||||
| Date Added: | 18 Mar 2019 12:22 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 31 May 2021 15:13 | ||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/36064 |
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