Learning to be a man : culture, socialization, and gender identity in five Caribbean communities / Barry Chevannes.

By:

Chevannes, Barry

Publication details: Barbados : University of the West Indies Press, 2001.Description: xi, 240 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

976640092X
9789766400927

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Learning to be a man.DDC classification:

305.331

LOC classification:

HQ1090.7.C27 C48 2001

Contents:

2 Socialization of the Genders 14 -- 3 Grannitree 35 -- 4 Overflow 68 -- 5 Riverbreeze 98 -- 6 Motown 122 -- 7 Joetown 149.

Summary: "This is a timely study of the processes by which male children are socialized, against the backdrop of growing concern among educators, social workers and the general public that Caribbean males are becoming increasingly marginalized." "The work is based on qualitative research in urban and rural communities in Dominica, Guyana and Jamaica. The people in the research communities who are the subjects of the study are allowed to speak for themselves, and their voices emerge from the pages with poignant clarity. Readers will, in turn, nod their heads in recognition and shake their heads in disbelief as issues of gender identity, male socialization, male-female relations and parenting skills are discussed." "Differences between Afro-Caribbean and Indo-Caribbean communities with regard to gender identification and socialization are also analysed. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236).

2 Socialization of the Genders 14 -- 3 Grannitree 35 -- 4 Overflow 68 -- 5 Riverbreeze 98 -- 6 Motown 122 -- 7 Joetown 149.

"This is a timely study of the processes by which male children are socialized, against the backdrop of growing concern among educators, social workers and the general public that Caribbean males are becoming increasingly marginalized." "The work is based on qualitative research in urban and rural communities in Dominica, Guyana and Jamaica. The people in the research communities who are the subjects of the study are allowed to speak for themselves, and their voices emerge from the pages with poignant clarity. Readers will, in turn, nod their heads in recognition and shake their heads in disbelief as issues of gender identity, male socialization, male-female relations and parenting skills are discussed." "Differences between Afro-Caribbean and Indo-Caribbean communities with regard to gender identification and socialization are also analysed. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

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