Author Description

"Laced with evocative stories based on ethnographic observations and interviews with high school kids, <i>Dude, You're a Fag</i> tells gripping stories of life in high school, while helping to extend the cutting edge of scholarly theory on gender and sexualities. C.J. Pascoe has contributed a highly readable and extremely insightful book that will be required reading for students and scholars of youth and the construction of sex and gender in schools."—Michael A. Messner, author of <i>Taking the Field: Women, Men and Sports</i><br><br>"This is a strikingly original study of schoolboys renegotiating class, gender, and ethnicity, along with the labeling as 'fag'. Here homophobia is at work in a path breaking study, which is also a highly readable must-read."—Ken Plummer, University of Essex, and editor of <i>Sexualities</i><br><br>"We know that schools are a central site for the construction of gender identity, but until C. J. Pascoe's careful and compassionate ethnography, we haven't known exactly <i>how</i> gender conformity is extracted from a slurry of humiliations, fears, and anxieties. Boys will not be boys unless they are made to be, by violence, real or implied. A troubling, thoughtful work."—Michael Kimmel, author of <i>Manhood in America</i><br><br>"Pascoe's thoughtful analysis of the rhetorical and interactional processes that constitute the field of masculinity for young, high school men coming of age is rich and engaging. With fresh insight and careful observation, Pascoe sheds new light on the complex interplay of masculinity, homophobia, sexuality, and the body, compelling us to rethink the formation of gender identities, collective gender practices, and the reproduction of gender inequalities."—Amy L. Best, author of <i>Prom Night: Youth, Schools and Popular Culture</i> and <i>Fast Cars, Cool Rides: The Accelerating World of Youth and Their Cars</i><br><br>"In this superb ethnography of daily life in a contemporary high school, C. J. Pascoe highlights