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Leisuring masculinities in British Indian childhoods: Explorations at the intersection of gender order and generational order

Leisuring masculinities in British Indian childhoods: Explorations at the intersection of gender order and generational order
Leisuring masculinities in British Indian childhoods: Explorations at the intersection of gender order and generational order
In this article, I draw upon a qualitative study with 11- to 12-year-old middle-class British Indian boys and their parents to unpack the ways notions of young masculinities are negotiated within the context of children’s leisure. Taking a relational approach, I argue that leisure-based masculinities of children are simultaneously generationed and gendered. By interrogating the intersection of what Raewyn Connell theories as “gender order” and what childhood sociologists call the “generational order,” I demonstrate that leisure-based young masculinities are forged within children’s inter- (parent-child) and intra- (child-child) generational relationships around leisure. I conclude with a call for greater engagement with intersectional frameworks in the study of boys’ masculinity that simultaneously recognizes the gender and the generational structures of children’s everyday lives.
2375-9267
36-52
Mukherjee, Utsa
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Mukherjee, Utsa
64791e74-3357-474c-9ec2-32c7e4effc3e

Mukherjee, Utsa (2020) Leisuring masculinities in British Indian childhoods: Explorations at the intersection of gender order and generational order. Boyhood Studies, 13 (2), 36-52. (doi:10.3167/bhs.2020.130204).

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In this article, I draw upon a qualitative study with 11- to 12-year-old middle-class British Indian boys and their parents to unpack the ways notions of young masculinities are negotiated within the context of children’s leisure. Taking a relational approach, I argue that leisure-based masculinities of children are simultaneously generationed and gendered. By interrogating the intersection of what Raewyn Connell theories as “gender order” and what childhood sociologists call the “generational order,” I demonstrate that leisure-based young masculinities are forged within children’s inter- (parent-child) and intra- (child-child) generational relationships around leisure. I conclude with a call for greater engagement with intersectional frameworks in the study of boys’ masculinity that simultaneously recognizes the gender and the generational structures of children’s everyday lives.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 October 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 1 December 2020
Published date: 1 December 2020

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Local EPrints ID: 444574
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/444574
ISSN: 2375-9267
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ORCID for Utsa Mukherjee: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1073-6367

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