Bryan, N. (2018): \u2018Playing with or like the girls\u2019: advancing the performance of \u2018multiple masculinities in Black boys\u2019 childhood play\u2019 in U.S. early childhood classrooms, Gender and Education, DOI: 10.1080\/09540253.2018.1447091<\/p>\n
Play is a gendered activity among young children, especially boys. Boys often tend to be more actively engaged in the (re)production of gendered play. However, most research studies and conceptual papers have misread, ignored, devalued, or scrutinized the gendered ways Black boys engage in play. This idea is particularly true for Black boys who may not play within the monolithic gendered expectations of childhood play. Drawing from [Connell, R. W. (1995). Masculinities. Berkeley: University of California Press] notion of multiple masculinities, I propose what I call the performance of \u2018multiple masculinities of Black boys\u2019 childhood play\u2019 to embrace the ways some Black boys engage in play activities, which may not fit within the performance of hegemonic and Black masculine norms and expectations. In so doing, I call for educators to broaden how we view Black boys, and our definition of Black masculinity so that embracing what might be traditionally called \u2018less masculine\u2019 and\/or stereotypically feminine could be valued male traits. Recommendations are provided for early childhood educators to support the confluence of ways Black boys engage in play experiences.<\/p>\n
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