Masculinity Lockdown

The Formation of Black Masculinity in a California Public High School

Bibliographic Data

ID18982172
AuthorsDamien M Schnyder (Scripps College, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume20
Issue1
Pages5-16
Publication date2012-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransforming Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1051-0559 • E-ISSN: 1548-7466
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1548-7466.2011.01142.x
OpenAlexW2007175144
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

Masculinity Lockdown is an ethnographic study that analyzes the construction of Black masculinity at Southeast County High School (SCHS) in Southern California. Specifically, the article examines how three young Black males at SCHS navigate amidst a social milieu established by the school that denies the assertion of race and simultaneously fosters a homophobic understanding of masculinity. Through ethnographic accounts, the piece details how explicit utilization of violent, sexist rhetoric encourages Black males to participate within a masculine performance that serves reinforce their oppression

Assertion · Ethnography · Masculinity · Oppression · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Social constructionism · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Youth Development and Social Support

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