Growing Out: Adolescent Masculinities in a New Jersey Suburb

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Using text, photography, and memory, this ethnography explores constructions of masculinity among young, straight, white, middle-class men from the suburb of Montclair, New Jersey. Major themes throughout include the construction of "alternative" masculinities; rebellion; the reproduction of social privilege; the use of "irony;" fantasy identifications with the working-class; and the construction of an imagined feminine other. Chapter 1 explores these themes through the lens of September 11th. Chapter 2 looks at the construction of rebellious masculinity as refracted in the practice of skateboarding and the music of Bruce Springsteen. Chapter 3 looks at the "Meat Feast" ritual and the uses of "irony" in expressing identity.

    Item Description
    Name(s)
    Thesis advisor: Traube, Elizabeth G.
    Date
    April 15, 2010
    Extent
    100 pages
    Language
    eng
    Genre
    Physical Form
    electronic
    Discipline
    Rights and Use
    In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted
    Digital Collection
    PID
    ir:1871