Event Details

The Centre for Social Justice and Well-being in Education invites you to the launch of a new book by Carolyn Jackson and Vanita Sundaram.

About the book:

Responding to increasing concerns about the harmful effects of so-called ‘lad culture’ in British universities, and related ‘bro’ and ‘frat’ cultures in US colleges, this book is the first to explore and analyse the perspectives of university staff on these cultures, which students suggest foster the normalisation of sexism, homophobia, racism, sexual harassment and violence. By examining the ways in which lad culture is understood and explained, the authors illustrate that current understandings of lad culture obscure the broader processes through which problematic attitudes, practices, and educational climates are fostered. This analysis enables a theorisation of lad culture that makes visible the gendered norms and intersecting structural inequalities that underpin it.

The Authors:

Carolyn Jackson is Professor of Gender and Education at Lancaster University, UK. Much of her work focuses on constructions and performances of 'laddish' masculinities and femininities in secondary schools and universities.

VanitaSundaram is Professor of Education at the University of York, UK. Her research interests are focused on sexual violence in higher education; sexual harassment and violence in schools; developing culture-change initiatives to challenge violence and harassment in educational contexts.

Discussant:

Pam Alldred (Professor in Social Work, Nottingham Trent University, UK).

Routledge offers 20% discount for this book with code BSE20