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"Way and Judy Chu have put together an excellent book on
explorations into the lives of adolescent boys. The essays are rich
in diversity, not only in the populations of boys studied, but also
in research methodology and theoretical perspective."--"Choice"
"Empirical research on the lives and behavior of adolescent boys
from a variety of ethnic and class backgrounds."
--"The Chronicle"
"The volume explores the experiences of boys who have been
excluded from previous developmental research and also challenges
the existing stereotypes about boys."
--"NYU Today"
"Brings together a coherent and consistent body of literature on
a topic that is often relegated to a single chapter or afterthought
in similar books and edited volumes...."Adolescent Boys" challenges
the limited and often skewed male images perpetuated by the media,
superordinant male groupings, and Western men by giving voice to
adolexcent boys growing up in diverse cultures of boyhood."
--"Harvard Educational Review"
A flurry of best-selling works has recently urged us to rescue
and protect boys. They have described how boys are failing at
school, acting out, or shutting down emotionally. Lost in much of
the ensuing public conversation are the boys themselves--the
texture of their lives and the ways in which they resist
stereotypical representations of them.
Most of this work on boys is based primarily on middle class,
white boys. Yet boys from poor and working class families as well
as those from African American, Latino, and Asian American
backgrounds need to be understood in their own terms and not just
as a contrast to white or middle classboys. Adolescent Boys brings
together the most up-to-date empirical research focused on
understanding the development of boys from diverse racial, ethnic,
and socioeconomic backgrounds.
The authors show how the contexts of boys' lives, such as the
schools they attend shape their identities and relationships. The
research in this book will help professionals and parents
understand the diversity and richness of boys' experiences.
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