Cross, B. (2003). ‘watch mi eyes’: The predicament of visual and scribal literacy choices, as explored with rural jamaican adolescent boys. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 33(1), 65-83. Examines oral cultures in a world of literacy, assessment, and certification. Explores the oral youth culture of adolescent males… Continue Reading ‘Watch mi eyes’: The predicament of visual and scribal literacy choices, as explored with rural Jamaican adolescent boys
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‘Schooling is Fooling’: Why do Jamaican boys underachieve in school?
PARRY, O. (1997). ‘schooling is fooling’: Why do jamaican boys underachieve in school?Gender and Education, 9(2), 223-231. The “female as villain” explanation of the educational underachievement of Jamaican boys is examined, based on classroom observation of 14-year-old pupils & interviews of 62 school staff. Two popular explanations in this vein… Continue Reading ‘Schooling is Fooling’: Why do Jamaican boys underachieve in school?
“A Ghetto Education Is Basic”: (Jamaican) Dancehall Masculinities As Counter-Culture
Pinnock, A. M. N. (2007). “A ghetto education is basic”: (jamaican) dancehall masculinities as counter-culture. Journal of Pan African Studies, 1(9), 47-84. Black male bodies are constructed in a largely alienating master narrative of white racism in Jamaican society. By analyzing representations of the same in Dancehall lyrics and performances… Continue Reading “A Ghetto Education Is Basic”: (Jamaican) Dancehall Masculinities As Counter-Culture