Linda McDowell 
Redundant Masculinities? 
Employment Change and White Working Class Youth

Redundant Masculinities? investigates the links between the
so-called ’crisis of masculinity’ and contemporary changes in the
labour market through the lives of young working class men.

* Allows the voices of poorly-educated young men to be
heard.

* Looks at how the labour market is changing.

* Emphasises the social construction of gender and racial
identities.

* Dispels popular myths about the crisis in masculinity.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Plates.

List of Tables.

Preface.

1. Introduction: Young, White, Male and Working Class.

2. The Rise of Poor Work: Employment Restructuring and Changing
Class and Gender Identities.

3. The Contemporary Crisis Of Masculinity: It’s Hard To Be(Come)
A Man or The Problem of/for Boys.

4. Living on The Edge: Marginal Lives In Cambridge and
Sheffield.

5. Leaving School: Pathways To Employment and Further
Education.

6. Actively Seeking Employment: Committed Workers and Reluctant
Learners.

7. Uncertain Transitions: Accidental and Incidental Workers, The
Excluded and Escape Attempts.

8. Performing Identity: Protest and Domestic Masculinities.

9. Conclusions: What Is To Be Done About Boys?

Postscript.

Appendix 1: Research Methodology.

Appendix 2: The Participants.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Om författaren

Linda Mc Dowell is Professor of Geography at University College, London. Her previous publications include Capital Culture: Gender at Work in the City (Blackwells, 1997) and Gender, Identity and Place (1999).