Amanda Keddie is a Professor of Education at Deakin University. Her research examines the processes, practices and conditions that can impact on the pursuit of social justice in education settings. Amanda's qualitative research has been based within Australia, England and the USA and is strongly informed by feminist theory with a particular interest in issues of masculinity.

Chapter 1. From little boys, big boys grow.- Chapter 2. Masculinities and physical power.- Chapter 3. Masculinities and peer culture.- Chapter 4. Masculinities and the othering of females and 'the feminine'.- Chapter 5. The affective intensities of masculinity in shaping gendered experience