Young Black Street Masculinities

Vulnerability, Knife-Carrying and Survival on a Disadvantaged Housing Estate
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-030-93542-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

This book describes how young Black men on a disadvantaged housing estate in London navigate the estate’s expectations for their behaviour as they operate within a street code that endorses violence, knife-carrying and challenging masculinity. This street code informs the men’s masculine identities by promoting values of misogyny, violence and the possession of expensive material objects while subduing any performance or features deemed as weak or feminine. Chapters detail the daily pressure on young men to gain respect and perform the estate’s street code while also providing examples of young men who have escaped or rejected its influence. King also outlines how youth workers can support those trapped by the estate’s street code by embodying personalised or caring masculinity features that seek to transform the dominant masculinity.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

King, Brendan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Jugendkriminalität
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Life on an Inner-City London Estate.- Chapter 2: Knife-Carrying, Masculinity, and Vulnerability on Maxwell.- Chapter 3: Maxwell's Street Code.- Chapter 4: An Urban Ethnographic Examination of Maxwell.- Chapter 5: Portraits of Life on Maxwell.- Chapter 6: Contribution to Knowledge and Professional Practice.

Über Autor(innen)

Brendan King earned his doctorate at the Institute of Education at University College London, UK. He has held multiple positions working with vulnerable and at-risk youth. His research interests include youth, gender and masculinity, particularly among inner-city communities.