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Author Latham, Soosan D

Title Childhood, Identity and Masculinity The Boarding School Boys
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (163 p.)
Contents Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Feminine Devalued, Masculinity Evoked -- Paradox of Boarding School -- Part I Trauma of the Boy -- 1 Mehrdad, The Pecking Order -- 2 Hossein, And They Were Gone -- 3 Ali, Bi Gham -- Part II Survival of the Man -- 4 Jahanshah, King of the World -- 5 Amir, Men Don't Cry -- 6 Alireza, All Is Good -- 7 Siavash, On The Move -- Part III The Privilege of Power -- 8 Ben, Riding The Waves -- 9 Morad, Being Good -- 10 Javad, On My Own -- In Conclusion
11 Mehrdad, A Healing Journey -- Index
Summary This volume examines the lives of ten Iranian men who were sent to boarding schools in England during the 1960s and 1970s. The reflective narratives explore issues of physical and emotional abuse received from administrators and peers, as well as the pressure of meeting expectations and becoming a man
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Iranian students -- England -- History -- 20th century
Students, Foreign -- Education -- England -- 20th century
Boarding school students -- England -- Psychology
Child abuse -- England -- Case studies
Identity (Psychology) in youth -- England
Identity (Psychology) in youth -- Iran
Masculinity
Child abuse.
Identity (Psychology) in youth.
Iranian students.
Masculinity.
Students, Foreign.
England.
Iran.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Case studies.
History.
Form Electronic book
Author Ferdows, Roya M
ISBN 9781000884906
1000884902