Being Boys

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Focusing on the leisure lives of working-class boys during the inter-war years, this book challenges stereotypes surrounding their behavior and emotions. It explores themes such as cinema, mass consumption, boys' clubs, and sexuality, drawing from autobiographies and personal accounts. Notably, it incorporates the author's father's teenage diaries, providing a unique perspective on adolescence. This work is valuable for scholars and students in the humanities and social sciences, as well as those in child development and education.