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Humour as a resource and strategy for boys to gain status in the field of informal school
2010 (English)In: Gender and Education, ISSN 0954-0253, E-ISSN 1360-0516, Vol. 22, no 4, p. 369-383Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Through a feminist approach this paper illustrates how humour is used as a resource and strategy for status among Finnish school boys and in constructing culturally accepted masculinity in the field of informal school. Based on interview and observation material collected in three schools, the results suggest that although humour is often affiliative and positive in nature, exclusive, violent humour is also used as a resource and strategy, which might have serious consequences on targeted students' lives. The effect of humour as a symbolic resource of status depends not only on context and power relations between the agents, but also on a credible, strategic usage of the resources available to a boy. Humour has an important influence on constructing masculinities and the social status of boys. Furthermore, the status of a boy defines the value of his humour among his peer group.

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2010. Vol. 22, no 4, p. 369-383
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-15377DOI: 10.1080/09540250903352317ISI: 000279047000002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-77954060976Local ID: ee24c750-d84e-11de-bae5-000ea68e967bOAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-15377DiVA, id: diva2:988351
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Upprättat; 2010; 20091123 (ysko)Available from: 2016-09-29 Created: 2016-09-29 Last updated: 2023-05-08Bibliographically approved

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