• DOI:10.1080/13603110210143644
Corpus ID: 144875158

Shaping the boys' agenda: the backlash blockbusters

@article{Mills2003ShapingTB,
  title={Shaping the boys' agenda: the backlash blockbusters},
  author={M. Mills},
  journal={International Journal of Inclusive Education},
  year={2003},
  volume={7},
  pages={57 - 73}
}

M. Mills

Published 2003

Sociology

International Journal of Inclusive Education

The boys’ debate internationally is being fuelled by a range of texts on boys and masculinity. Many of the most popular texts are situated firmly within a backlash politics. These politics suggest that boys are the new ‘victims’ of schooling and that the girls’ agenda in schooling is a completed one. This paper will challenge the arguments contained within a number of the most recent of these ‘backlash blockbusters’. The paper will argue that, rather than boys being placed on the educational… CONTINUE READING

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