Learning the Hard Way: Masculinity, Place, and the Gender Gap in Education

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Learning the Hard Way The Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies The Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies is dedicated to increasing our understanding of children and childhoods, past and present, throughout the world. Children’s voices and experiences are central. Authors come from a variety of fields, including anthropology, criminal justice, history, literature, psychology, religion, and sociology. The books in this series are intended for students, scholars, practitioners, and those who formulate policies that affect children’s everyday lives and futures. Edited by Myra Bluebond-Langner, Board of Governors Professor of Anthropology, Rutgers University, and True Colours Chair in Palliative Care for Children and Young People, University College London, Institute of Child Health Advisory Board Perri Klass, New York University Jill Korbin, Case Western Reserve University Bambi Schiefflin, New York University Enid Schildkraut, American Museum of Natural History and Museum for African Art Learning the Hard Way Masculinity, Place, and the Gender Gap in Education edward w. morris rutgers university press New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Morris, Edward W., 1973– Learning the hard way : masculinity, place, and the gender gap in education / Edward W. Morris. p. cm. — (Rutgers series in childhood studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8135–5368–9 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–5369–6 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978–0–8135–5370–2 (e-book) 1. Sex differences in education—United States—Case studies. 2. High school boys—United States—Social conditions—Case studies. 3. Men—United States— Identity—Case studies. 4. Blacks—Race identity—United States—Case studies. 5. Academic achievement—United States—Case studies. I. Title. LC212.92.M67 2012 370.15⬘1—dc23 2011048988 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Chapter 3 is adapted by permission of the publishers from “The ‘Hidden Injuries’ of Class and Gender among Rural Teenagers,” in Reshaping Gender and Class in Rural Spaces, ed. Barbara Pini and Belinda Leach (Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2011), 221–238. Copyright © 2011. Portions of chapters 3, 4, 5, and 8 appeared previously in “Rednecks, Rutters, and ’Rithmetic: Social Class, Masculinity, and Schooling in a Rural Context,” Gender & Society 22 (2008): 1–24. Copyright © 2012 by Edward W. Morris All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 106 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our website: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America For Max and Esme ...