They are only different: discursive production of contemporary masculinities in the book Raising Boys

Authors

  • Juliana Ribeiro de Vargas PPGEdu/UFRGS
  • Rodrigo Saballa de Carvalho Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul - UFSS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/198464446257

Keywords:

Cultural studies, Masculinities, Discourse.

Abstract

From Gender Studies, in its post-structural model, and from the cooperation of Cultural Studies in Education, this article aims to problematize the discursive production of masculinities in the book Raising Boys, by Steve Bidduph. This work has associated determined behaviors as typically belonging to boys of different ages, and it has presented a regulation of attitudes they should have in relation to boys to mothers, fathers and teachers, in order to favor these children’s development, guiding them, thus, to determined ways of living/experiencing sexuality. From the mentioned contributions, there was an attempt to problematize this book as a cultural artifact, which develops a cultural pedagogy that, through the naturalization of some characteristics presented by boys, ends up regulating the constitution of male sexuality, and teaching adults how to promote it.

Author Biographies

Juliana Ribeiro de Vargas, PPGEdu/UFRGS

Pedagoga, Mestre  em Educação (UFRGS). Doutoranda em Educação PPGEdu/UFRGs. Professora de rede municipal de ensino de Porto Algre - RS.

Rodrigo Saballa de Carvalho, Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul - UFSS

Pedagogo, Mestre e Doutor em Educação (UFRGS). Professor do Curso de Pedagogia da Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul - UFFS (Erechim/RS). Área: Educação Infantil. Líder do Grupo de Pesquisas em Educação, Culturas e Políticas Contemporâneas

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Published

2013-09-27

How to Cite

Vargas, J. R. de, & Carvalho, R. S. de. (2013). They are only different: discursive production of contemporary masculinities in the book Raising Boys. Education, 38(3), 605–618. https://doi.org/10.5902/198464446257

Issue

educação, v. 38, n. 3, set./dez. 2013

Section

Continuous Demand

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