Att växa upp på rätt eller fel sida av stan : En jämförelse mellan män som växt upp i socialt och icke-socialt utsatta områden
(2019) SOPA63 20182School of Social Work
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Abstract
Author: Anton Bengtsson and Antonio Peralta
Title: To grow up on the right or the wrong side of town: A comparative study between men
that have grown up in deprived and non-deprived neighbourhoods. [Translated title]
Supervisor: Maria Bangura Arvidsson
The aim of this paper is to highlight how masculinity can be different in different
circumstances. We have interviewed four men who has been growing up in deprived
neighbourhoods and four men who has been growing up in non-deprived neighbourhoods. Our
focus was to understand how their social environment impacted their masculinity during their
adolescence. Their ages ranged from 30 to 35. The men had different experiences in relation to
the ideals surrounding them but all... (More) - Abstract
Author: Anton Bengtsson and Antonio Peralta
Title: To grow up on the right or the wrong side of town: A comparative study between men
that have grown up in deprived and non-deprived neighbourhoods. [Translated title]
Supervisor: Maria Bangura Arvidsson
The aim of this paper is to highlight how masculinity can be different in different
circumstances. We have interviewed four men who has been growing up in deprived
neighbourhoods and four men who has been growing up in non-deprived neighbourhoods. Our
focus was to understand how their social environment impacted their masculinity during their
adolescence. Their ages ranged from 30 to 35. The men had different experiences in relation to
the ideals surrounding them but all of them felt that they had to change their behaviour due to
the norms that existed in their life. The themes we found in the interviews was school, role
models and to be different in different places. Some of our conclusions was that some of the
men felt that the norms regarding masculinity changed with age and that their wellbeing was
affected by the norms surrounding them. (Less)
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- author
- Peralta, Antonio LU and Bengtsson, Anton LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20182
- year
- 2019
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Deprived neighbourhoods, non-deprived neighbourhood, masculinity, School, Role model
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8968261
- date added to LUP
- 2019-01-28 16:16:21
- date last changed
- 2019-01-28 16:16:21
@misc{8968261, abstract = {{Abstract Author: Anton Bengtsson and Antonio Peralta Title: To grow up on the right or the wrong side of town: A comparative study between men that have grown up in deprived and non-deprived neighbourhoods. [Translated title] Supervisor: Maria Bangura Arvidsson The aim of this paper is to highlight how masculinity can be different in different circumstances. We have interviewed four men who has been growing up in deprived neighbourhoods and four men who has been growing up in non-deprived neighbourhoods. Our focus was to understand how their social environment impacted their masculinity during their adolescence. Their ages ranged from 30 to 35. The men had different experiences in relation to the ideals surrounding them but all of them felt that they had to change their behaviour due to the norms that existed in their life. The themes we found in the interviews was school, role models and to be different in different places. Some of our conclusions was that some of the men felt that the norms regarding masculinity changed with age and that their wellbeing was affected by the norms surrounding them.}}, author = {{Peralta, Antonio and Bengtsson, Anton}}, language = {{swe}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Att växa upp på rätt eller fel sida av stan : En jämförelse mellan män som växt upp i socialt och icke-socialt utsatta områden}}, year = {{2019}}, }