‘Intersections’ of Masculinity and Ethnicity
This article reports on an ethnographic study of teenage male secondary school students of Arabic‐speaking background in a working‐class suburb of Sydney. Interviews with friendship groups of migrant young men explored their identity formation in terms of ethnicity and masculinity. Their ‘intersecti...
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| author | Poynting, Scott |
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| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 1999 2016-03-31T09:05:07Z 2016-03-31T09:05:07Z 2016-03-31 |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 1361-3324 http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3467 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1361332990020105 Poynting, S., Noble, G., & Tabar, P. (1999). ‘Intersections’ of Masculinity and Ethnicity: a study of male Lebanese immigrant youth in western Sydney. Race Ethnicity and Education, 2(1), 59-78. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1361332990020105 |
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| description | This article reports on an ethnographic study of teenage male secondary school students of Arabic‐speaking background in a working‐class suburb of Sydney. Interviews with friendship groups of migrant young men explored their identity formation in terms of ethnicity and masculinity. Their ‘intersections’ of masculinity and ethnicity, along with class relations, exhibit ‘contradictory consciousness’ characteristic of the ‘common sense’ of the socially subordinated. Forms of ideological ‘inversion’ provide ideational ‘resolutions’, in various contexts, of contradictions experienced in the lives of the youths. They deploy forms of ‘protest masculinity’ against injuries of racism, at school and in public spaces. The article examines the relationships of the young men with other groups of male teenagers, as well as with parents and teachers, showing how their masculinities are constructed within social relations of ethnicity and the experience of racism, and conversely how their ethnic identities are powerfully shaped by masculinity. Public, press, political and professional concern about ‘boys’ education’ has tended to overlook or to deal very superficially with complications of ethnicity and racism. Meanwhile, moral panic in the media about ‘ethnic gangs’ exacerbates stereotyping of immigrant young men, including in educational ‘common sense’. It is argued here that ‘boys’ education’ interventions need to be theoretically informed, to grasp the ways in which masculinity is enacted within and incorporating social relations of ethnicity, and how specific forms of ‘protest masculinity’ are being actively constructed in response to ethno‐centrism in and around schools. |
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| spelling | ‘Intersections’ of Masculinity and EthnicityA study of male Lebanese immigrant youth in western SydneyPoynting, ScottNoble, GregTabar, PaulThis article reports on an ethnographic study of teenage male secondary school students of Arabic‐speaking background in a working‐class suburb of Sydney. Interviews with friendship groups of migrant young men explored their identity formation in terms of ethnicity and masculinity. Their ‘intersections’ of masculinity and ethnicity, along with class relations, exhibit ‘contradictory consciousness’ characteristic of the ‘common sense’ of the socially subordinated. Forms of ideological ‘inversion’ provide ideational ‘resolutions’, in various contexts, of contradictions experienced in the lives of the youths. They deploy forms of ‘protest masculinity’ against injuries of racism, at school and in public spaces. The article examines the relationships of the young men with other groups of male teenagers, as well as with parents and teachers, showing how their masculinities are constructed within social relations of ethnicity and the experience of racism, and conversely how their ethnic identities are powerfully shaped by masculinity. Public, press, political and professional concern about ‘boys’ education’ has tended to overlook or to deal very superficially with complications of ethnicity and racism. Meanwhile, moral panic in the media about ‘ethnic gangs’ exacerbates stereotyping of immigrant young men, including in educational ‘common sense’. It is argued here that ‘boys’ education’ interventions need to be theoretically informed, to grasp the ways in which masculinity is enacted within and incorporating social relations of ethnicity, and how specific forms of ‘protest masculinity’ are being actively constructed in response to ethno‐centrism in and around schools.PublishedN/A2016-03-31T09:05:07Z2016-03-31T09:05:07Z19992016-03-31Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article1361-3324http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3467http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1361332990020105Poynting, S., Noble, G., & Tabar, P. (1999). ‘Intersections’ of Masculinity and Ethnicity: a study of male Lebanese immigrant youth in western Sydney. Race Ethnicity and Education, 2(1), 59-78.http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1361332990020105enRace Ethnicity and Educationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/34672016-08-12T10:34:48Z |
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