Pelzer, D. L. (2016). Creating a new narrative: Reframing black masculinity for college men.The Journal of Negro Education, 85(1), 16-27. The way Black men make meaning of their college experience is implicitly tied to how they internalize and demonstrate their masculinity. This research briefly reviews the concept of Black masculinity… read more
Masculinity Studies (MS)
Boys to Men: Getting Personal about Black Manhood, Sexuality, and Empowerment
Ikard, D. (2013). Boys to men: Getting personal about black manhood, sexuality, and empowerment. Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International, 2(1), 59-73. No Abstract Full article can be found here: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/505530
Call and response: how narratives of black queer youth inform popular discourses of the ‘boy crisis’ in education
McCready, L. T. (2012;2011;). Call and response: How narratives of black queer youth inform popular discourses of the ‘boy crisis’ in education. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 16(4), 391-406. The shift in attention to the ‘boy crisis’ has been fueled by a spate of popular trade books dealing with raising… read more
‘Schooling is Fooling’: Why do Jamaican boys underachieve in school?
PARRY, O. (1997). ‘schooling is fooling’: Why do jamaican boys underachieve in school?Gender and Education, 9(2), 223-231. The “female as villain” explanation of the educational underachievement of Jamaican boys is examined, based on classroom observation of 14-year-old pupils & interviews of 62 school staff. Two popular explanations in this vein… read more