Greig Christopher J (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 220 Pages.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Graded as acceptable/fair because of liquid damage (likely water) to the back of the book causing rippled pages on the bottom half of the pages but no staining. Although the effects are most noticeable on the back, they are perceptible on most pages. Nonetheless, the book remains completely functional. Satisfaction guaranteed with 30-day return policy. Ships from Canada. ; 6.75 X 0.6 X 9.75 inches; 380 pages; R7 566k/722k s2.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 182 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnChristopher J. Greig is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Windsor. His research has been published in international refereed journals such as Educational Review, Disco.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Ontario Boys explores the preoccupation with boyhood in Ontario during the immediate postwar period, 1945-1960. It argues that a traditional version of boyhood was being rejuvenated in response to a population fraught with uncertainty, and suffering from insecurity, instability, and gender anxiety brought on by depression-era and wartime disruptions in marital, familial, and labour relations, as well as mass migration, rapid postwar economic changes, the emergence of the Cold War, and the looming threat of atomic annihilation. In this sociopolitical and cultural context, concerned adults began to cast the fate of the postwar world onto children, in particular boys.In the decade and a half immediately following World War II, the version of boyhood that became the ideal was one that stressed selflessness, togetherness, honesty, fearlessness, frank determination, and emotional toughness. It was thought that investing boys with this version of masculinity was essential if they were to grow into the kind of citizens capable of governing, protecting, and defending the nation, and, of course, maintaining and regulating the social order.Drawing on a wide variety of sources, Ontario Boys demonstrates that, although girls were expected and encouraged to internalize a ''special kind'' of citizenship, as caregivers and educators of children and nurturers of men, the gendered content and language employed indicated that active public citizenship and democracy was intended for boys. An ''appropriate'' boyhood in the postwar period became, if nothing else, a metaphor for the survival of the nation.…

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