Young Black Street Masculinities: Vulnerability, Knife-Carrying and Survival on a Disadvantaged Housing...

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Brendan King

Young Black Street Masculinities

Vulnerability, Knife-Carrying and Survival on a Disadvantaged Housing Estate

Brendan King

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Springer Nature Switzerland AG
13 February 2022

Gender studies, gender groups; Child welfare; Social work; Juvenile offenders

This book describes how young Black men on a disadvantaged housing estate in London navigate the estate’s expectations for their behaviour as they operate within a street code that endorses violence, knife-carrying and challenging masculinity. This street code informs the men’s masculine identities by promoting values of misogyny, violence and the possession of expensive material objects while subduing any performance or features deemed as weak or feminine. Chapters detail the daily pressure on young men to gain respect and perform the estate’s street code while also providing examples of young men who have escaped or rejected its influence. King also outlines how youth workers can support those trapped by the estate’s street code by embodying personalised or caring masculinity features that seek to transform the dominant masculinity.

By: Brendan King
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 2022 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 467g
ISBN: 9783030935429
ISBN 10: 3030935426
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 13 February 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: Life on an Inner-City London Estate.- Chapter 2: Knife-Carrying, Masculinity, and Vulnerability on Maxwell.- Chapter 3: Maxwell's Street Code.- Chapter 4: An Urban Ethnographic Examination of Maxwell.- Chapter 5: Portraits of Life on Maxwell.- Chapter 6: Contribution to Knowledge and Professional Practice.

Brendan King earned his doctorate at the Institute of Education at University College London, UK. He has held multiple positions working with vulnerable and at-risk youth. His research interests include youth, gender and masculinity, particularly among inner-city communities.