LINKS

English

• The Boys Project
• Boys' Learning (Peter West)
• Boys in Schools Bulletin
• Boysed
• The Men's Bibliography has some sections on boys.
• Men's Studies Press
• The Rite Journey

German

• Neue Wege für Jungs also good links
• Die Dokumentationsstelle Jungenarbeit with links
• Switchboard-Zeitschrift für Männer und Jungenarbeit with links
• Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Jungenarbeit e.V. with links

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Multimedia

• Andrew Birkin's Sredni Vashtar (1981, 28 min, 74 Mb WMV, click right mouse button to "Save as..."). Please also visit Anno Birkin's site. Read Saki's (H. H. Munro) short story (from The Chronicles of Clovis, 1911) that inspired the short film.

• The All-American Soap Box Derby (1936, 10:26, various formats)

• Waia - Memory of Clubs and Maracas (Japan 2004, Eng. subtitles, various formats) part 1 part 2. Xavante male initiation. As linked from Encyclopaideia

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Girlhood Studies

The boy historically and performatively articulates with a variety of social others. Including girls. Thus, girlhood studies is a necessary sororal field of expertise. Two tools are available:

• A Girlhood Studies Bibliography was compiled in conjunction to the boyhood bibliography. Perhaps of interest, it is available in two formats:

  DOC PDF (900+ items, updated February 2006)

  Citation: Janssen, D. F., Girlhood Studies: A Bibliographic Exploration. Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

• Puellarium. A Working Index of Female Initiation/Passage Rituals. This instrument complements the Encyclopaideia.

 

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