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Ivinson, Gabrielle Mary – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
During an ethnographic research project exploring young people's perceptions of living in a post-industrial semi-rural place, boys aged 13/14 years revealed their semi-clandestine motorbiking activities across mountains trails. It was found that riding motorbikes and fixing engines were potential resources for young boys' transitions into adult…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masculinity, Motor Vehicles, Rural Areas
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Mannay, Dawn – Gender and Education, 2013
This paper revisits Diana Leonard's seminal paper "Keeping close and spoiling in a south Wales town", by drawing on one mother and daughter case study. Leonard focused on geographical closeness and the strategies employed by parents to keep their children living at home, rather than sending them to university. In contrast, this paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family School Relationship, Case Studies, Parent Child Relationship