Materialisations of Masculinity in Childhood: Theoretical Perspectives on Being a Boy in Childhood
Debating Childhood Masculinities
ISBN: 978-1-80455-391-6, eISBN: 978-1-80455-390-9
Publication date: 16 September 2024
Abstract
In this chapter, practice-theoretical perspectives on the production of gender and childhood are extended by the theory of new materialism. A practice-theoretical view of masculinity(ies) radicalises the concept of doing gender and thereby makes it possible to show that gender is always co-produced as part of other complexes of praxes. Thus, the connection between masculinity(ies) and youth cultural praxes can be discussed. The chapter first elaborates theoretically the connections between masculinity and childhood research. We will explore how these theoretical and methodological thoughts might be used in empirical research on masculinity(ies) and boyhood by referring to our own study on children and young people riding stunt scooters in a medium-sized city in north-west Germany.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
The research underpinning this chapter is supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101004491. This sub-project is being conducted as part of the SMOOTH project on ‘Educational Common Spaces. Passing through enclosures and reversing inequalities’. That project is funded by the European Union under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation funding programme, Grant Agreement ID: 101004491.
Citation
Heyde, J.v.d., Eßer, F. and Jäde, S. (2024), "Materialisations of Masculinity in Childhood: Theoretical Perspectives on Being a Boy in Childhood", Mukherjee, U. (Ed.) Debating Childhood Masculinities (Emerald Advances in Masculinities), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 49-69. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-390-920241005
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