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Author Corbett, Ken.

Title Boyhoods : rethinking masculinities / Ken Corbett.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 276 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Little Hans : masculinity foretold -- Nontraditional family reverie : masculinity unfolds -- Boyhood femininity : masculine presuppositions and the anxiety of regulation -- Trans states : feminine boys and the therapeutic scene of address -- Faggot = loser : phallic narcissism as defense -- Fantastic phallicism : recognition, relation, and phallic narcissism.
Summary Familiar and expected gender patterns help us to understand boys but often constrict our understanding of any given boy. In "Boy Hoods," Corbett seeks to release boys from the grip of expectation as Mary Pipher did for girls in "Reviving Ophelia."
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Subject Boys -- Psychology.
Boys -- Psychology.
Masculinity -- United States.
Masculinity.
United States.
Sex role -- United States.
Sex role.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Boys.
Gender roles.
Other Form: Print version: Corbett, Ken. Boyhoods. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009 9780300149845 (DLC) 2009001971 (OCoLC)300462792
ISBN 9780300154948 (electronic book)
0300154941 (electronic book)
9780300149845
0300149840
1282415859
9781282415850