EleMENtary School : (Hyper)Masculinity in a Feminized Context.

Intro -- eleMENtary School: (Hyper)Masculinity in a Feminized Context -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Owen and Scott -- Chapter 2: Scott -- Pike Elementary: A Boys' Club School -- First Resistance -- Boys' Club Rules &amp -- Some Performances -- My Consequence -- Chapter 3: Owen -- Owen on the Job -- Chapter 4: Fairfield Elementary -- Leighton -- Leighton School District -- Support Staff: Administrators -- Teachers -- Fairfield Elementary Faculty -- Factions -- Women: Pre-NCLBers &amp -- Post-NCLBers -- Men: Boys' Club &amp -- Others -- The Boys' Club -- Heath Getz -- Gavin Thomas -- Vince Wenger -- Jon Thome -- Steve Caruso -- Walt Jones -- The Others -- Dru Bailey -- Brian Murphy -- Owen Reynolds -- End of the Year, End of Owen's Career -- Chapter 5: Alex's Year Begins -- "They Have Dicks" -- The New Guys -- Greg -- Alex -- Dropping Greg, Keeping Alex -- Fairfield's Beginning of the Year In-Service Days -- New Guys at the Lunch Table -- Chapter 6: Alex's Year -- You'll be Great! -- Alyssa -- You'll Be Great! (cont.) -- Student Day One -- September -- Establishing "Control" -- Fitting In and Sorting -- October -- Socialized? -- Sex, Women, Sports, Beer, Technology -- November -- Hegemonic Alex and Perceptions of his Colleagues -- Rituals: Happy Hour, Football &amp -- Public Drunkenness -- December -- Annoyed by Kim &amp -- an Administrative Observation -- Does Alex Like Children? -- Naughty-or/but-Nice -- January -- February -- Vince v. Snow, Children, Lori, et al. -- Subordinated Dru -- March -- Organized Sexual Harassment -- April -- The Superintendent's Walk-Through &amp -- Test P(r)ep Rally -- Shhh…Testing In Progress -- May -- "Hittin' It" -- Vince v. Dru -- Chapter 7: Alex's Year Ends -- June -- Summative Evaluation -- Talent Show -- Dru v. Vince -- Last Student Day, Vince in Tears &amp -- Margaritas -- Final Moments.

Chapter 8: Dru -- Chapter 9: Sources -- Boys' Club Rules -- Boys' Club Rules at Pike &amp -- Fairfield Elementary Schools -- Access -- Looking Forward -- References.

Scott Richardson gives us a finely detailed experiential account of how gender and teaching are woven together in public schools. Through his own memories and the narrativized experiences of his research subjects, Richardson demonstrates both the institutional benefits associated with being male and the fragility of masculinity.

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