Bad Boys: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity

by Ann Arnett Ferguson

Book Overview

Statistics show that black males are disproportionately getting in trouble and being suspended from the nation's school systems. Based on three years of participant observation research at an elementary school, Bad Boys offers a richly textured account of daily interactions between teachers and students to understand this serious problem. Ann Arnett Ferguson demonstrates how a group of eleven- and twelve-year-old males are identified by school personnel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472088491
• ISBN13: 9780472088492
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"