Childhood, Identity and Masculinity

The Boarding School Boys

Soosan Latham, Roya Ferdows (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

150 Seiten

2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-44232-7 (ISBN)

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This volume examines the lives of ten Iranian men who were sent to boarding schools in England during the 1960s and 1970s. The reflective narratives explore issues of physical and emotional abuse received from administrators and peers, as well as the pressure of meeting expectations and becoming a man.

Childhood, Identity and Masculinity: The Boarding School Boys examines the lives of ten Iranian men who were sent to boarding schools in England during the 1960s and 1970s. Their stories, situated at the intersection of Eastern and Western cultural values, signify their passage to manhood, and highlight the meaning of masculinity then and now. The reflective narratives explore issues of physical and emotional abuse received from administrators and peers, as well as the "man up" motto that pressured them to persevere in the spirit of meeting expectations and becoming a man.

Narrated within the context of the traditional role of men in both Iranian and British societies, the book highlights key themes of trauma, survival and resistance, power and privilege, and their impact on the men over their lifespan. The volume offers rich insight into understanding the developmental challenges that adolescent boys face as they attempt to deal with the trauma of separation from their parents, while conforming to strict rules and regulations of boarding school education, and societal expectations of them.

The volume will be of interest to scholars of developmental psychology, childhood trauma, education, cultural psychology, men’s studies, and gender. Individuals and parents interested in, and considering boarding school education will also find the narratives informative and educational.

Soosan Latham is a former Assistant Dean Executive Education at the Rotman School of Management (Toronto), a J.P. Morgan Human Resources Management practitioner (New York), and most recently Sessional Assistant Professor at York University (Toronto). She is a Cross-Cultural Leadership educator and executive coach. Roya Ferdows is an MBA graduate from Johns Hopkins University with a post Masters in Health Services Administration from George Washington University. After several years working in the corporate world she became a certified Life Coach. She now focuses her time on supporting her clients in Work/Life Balance and developing better leadership and relationship skills.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

INTRODUCTION

THE FEMININE DEVALUED, MASCULINITY EVOKED

PARADOX OF BOARDING SCHOOL

PART I Trauma of the Boy
Chapter 1 Mehrdad, The Pecking Order
Chapter 2 Hossein, And They Were Gone
Chapter 3 Ali, Bi Gham

PART II Survival of the Man
Chapter 4 Jahanshah, King of the World
Chapter 5 Amir, Men Don’t Cry
Chapter 6 Alireza, All is Good
Chapter 7 Siavash, On the Move

PART III The Privilege of Power
Chapter 8 Ben, Riding the Waves
Chapter 9 Morad, Getting it Right
Chapter 10 Javad, On My Own

IN CONCLUSION
Chapter 11 The Healing Journey

Erscheinungsdatum	17.07.2023
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	260 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-032-44232-8 / 1032442328
ISBN-13	978-1-032-44232-7 / 9781032442327
Zustand	Neuware