Misreading Masculinity
Boys, Literacy, and Popular Culture
Published on 9. August 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-325-00445-7 (ISBN)
Description
In this important book Tom Newkirk takes an up-close look at elementary boys and their relationship to sports, movies, video games, and other venues of popular culture.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Portsmouth
United States
Publishing group
Heinemann USA
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-325-00445-7 (9780325004457)
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Person
Thomas Newkirk is the bestselling author of Minds Made for Stories along with numerous other Heinemann titles, including Writing Unbound, Embarrassment, The Art of Slow Reading, The Performance of Self in Student Writing (winner of the NCTE's David H. Russell Award), and Misreading Masculinity. He taught writing at the University of New Hampshire for thirty-nine years, and founded the New Hampshire Literacy Institutes, a summer program for teachers. In addition to working as a teacher, writer, and editor, he has served as the chair of his local school board for seven years.