What is Masculinity? Why Does it Matter? And Other Big Questions

Jeffrey Boakye (Author) Jeffrey Boakye is a writer, teacher and music enthusiast from Brixton, now living and working in East London with his wife and two sons. He has a particular interest in issues surrounding education, race and popular culture. Jeffrey has taught English in London secondary schools and sixth form colleges since 2007. His first book, Hold Tight: Black Masculinity, Millennials, and the Meaning of Grime is an exploration of grime through the analysis of seminal tracks in the genre. His forthcoming book, Black, Listed is due for publication in 2019. Darren Chetty (Author) Darren Chetty taught in London primary schools for twenty years before becoming a Teaching Fellow at UCL Institute of Education. Darren's award-winning research focuses on philosophy for children, multiculturalism and racism. He is the author of the essay 'You Can't Say That! Stories Have to be About White People' in the British Book Award-shortlisted anthology The Good Immigrant , edited by Nikesh Shukla. Darren reviews and writes about children's literature for Books for Keeps and is an educational consutant. He co-hosts, with Ty and PoetCurious, a Hip-Hop talk show on Soho Radio, and, since 2011, has convened the "UK #HipHopEd"Seminar Series for artists, teachers, activists and academics with an interest in the relationship between education and Hip-Hop culture.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Boakye, Darren Chetty
• Publisher: Wayland
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781526308146
• ISBN: 978-1-5263-0814-6
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 176 mm x 248 mm x 10 mm
• Series: And Other Big Questions
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Values & Virtues, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Sociology, Interest age: from c 9 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), For primary education, For secondary education