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Mary Jane Kehily

Professor of Gender and Education

The Open University Faculty of Education and Language Studies Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning


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Mary Jane Kehily is Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Youth Studies.

www.maryjanekehily.com

Research Interests

Mary Jane has research interests in sexuality and schooling; narrative and identity and popular culture. With Rachel Thomson, Lucy Hadfield and Sue Sharpe, she is currently working on an ESRC research project, The Making of Modern Motherhoods, memories, representations, practices funded under the Identities and Social Action programme. The project develops an intergenerational approach to the experiences of first time mothers in the UK, exploring motherhood as a site of social change and identity change. From January 2008 this project will continue under the ESRC Timescapes programme.

Publications

Authored Book
Nayak, Anoop and Kehily, Mary Jane (2008). Gender, Youth and Culture: Young Masculinities and Femininities. Basingstoke: Palgave.
Kehily, Mary (2002). Sexuality, Gender and Schooling: Shifting Agendas in Social Learning. London: Routledge.
Book Chapter
Kehily, M.J. and Nayak, A. (2009). Global femininities: consumption, culture and the significance of place. In: Dillabough, J.; McLeod, J. and Mills, M. eds. Troubling Gender in Education. New York: Routledge.
Thomson, Rachel; Kehily, Mary; Hadfield, Lucy and Sharpe, Sue (2009). The making of modern motherhoods: Storying an emergent identity. In: Wetherell, Margaret ed. Identity in the 21st Century: New Trends in Changing Times. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 197–212.
Kehily, Mary (2009). Peer culture, masculinities and schooling. In: Budde, J. and Mammes , I. eds. Jurgenforschung Empirisch Zwischen Schule, Mannlichem Habitus und Peerkultur [Empirical Research on Boys – Between School, Male Habitus and Peer Culture]. Wiesbaden, Germany: VS Verlag, pp. 163–173.
Kehily, M.J. (2008). The future of childhood: crisis, cyclical concern or accommodation? In: Kehily, Mary Jane ed. An Introduction to Childhood Studies, 2nd edition. Open University Press / McGraw Hill Education.
Kehily, M and Montgomery, H (2008). Innocence and experience revisited. In: Kehily, M ed. An Introduction to Childhood Studies, 2nd Edition. Maidenhead: The Open University Press.
Kehily, Mary Jane (2007). Masculinities and humour. In: Flood, Michael; Gardiner, Judith Kegan; Pease, Bob and Pringle, Keith eds. International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 320–321.
Kehily, Mary Jane (2007). A cultural perspective. In: Kehily, Mary Jane ed. Understanding Youth: Perspectives, identities and practices. UK: Sage, pp. 11–44.
Kehily, Mary Jane (2007). Playing. In: Kehily, Mary Jane ed. Understanding Youth: Perspectives, identities and practices. UK: Sage, pp. 249–282.
Kehily, Mary Jane (2007). Education. In: Robb, Martin ed. Youth in Context: Frameworks, settings and encounters. UK: Sage, pp. 155–184.
Kehily, Mary Jane and Nayak, Anoop (2006). ‘Lads and laughter’: humour and the production of heterosexual hierarchies. In: Arnot, Madeleine and Mac An Ghaill, Mairtin eds. The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Gender and Education. Routledge/Falmer, pp. 131–146.
Kehily, Mary Jane (2005). The trouble with sex: sexuality and subjectivity in the lives of teenage girls. In: Lloyd, Gwynedd ed. Problem Girls: Understanding and Supporting Troubled and Troublesome Girls and Young Women. London: Routledge.
Kehily, Mary and Montgomery, Heather (2004). Innocence and experience: a historical approach to childhood and sexuality. In: Kehily, Mary Jane ed. An Introduction to childhood studies. UK: Open University Press/McGraw-Hill, pp. 57–74.
Kehily, M.J. (2004). Gender and sexuality: continuities and change for girls in school. In: Harris, Anita ed. All About the Girl: Culture, Power and Identity. New Yori: Routledge, pp. 205–218.
Kehily, Mary Jane (2004). Understanding childhood: an introduction to some key themes and issues. In: Kehily, Mary Jane ed. An Introduction to Childhood Studies. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Kehily, Mary Jane and Montgomery, Heather (2004). Innocence and experience: a historical approach to childhood and sexuality. In: Kehily, M.J. ed. An Introduction to Childhood Studies. Maidenhead: Open University Press/McGraw Hill.
Pattman, R. and Kehily, M. J. (2004). Memories of youth and interviewing young people: Reflections on young people’s understanding of drug use. In: Robinson, D.; Horrocks, C.; Kelly, N. and Roberts, B. eds. Narrative, Memory and Identity: Theoretical and Methodological Issues. University of Huddersfield Press, pp. 67–75.
Barnes, Peter and Kehily, Mary (2003). Play and the cultures of childhood. In: Kehily, Mary and Swann, Joan eds. Children’s Cultural Worlds. Chichester: Wiley/Open University.
Kehily, Mary (2003). Consumption and creativity. In: Kehily, Mary and Swann, Joan eds. Children’s Cultural Worlds. Chichester: Wiley/The Open University.
Pattman, Rob and Kehily, Mary Jane (2003). Gender. In: Fraser, Sandy; Lewis, Vicky; Ding, Sharon; Kellett, Mary and Robinson, Chris eds. Doing Research with Children and Young People. Sage/Open University.
Kehily, Mary Jane (2003). Youth cultures. In: Kehily, Mary Jane and Swann, Joan eds. Children’s Cultural Worlds. Wiley.
Kehily, Mary (2002). Issues of gender and sexuality in school. In: Francis, Becky and Skelton, Christine eds. Investigating gender: contemporary perspectives in education. Buckingham, UK: Open University Press.
Kehily, Mary and Montgomery, Heather (2002). Innocence and experience. In: Woodhead, Martin and Montgomery, Heather eds. Understanding Childhood: an Interdisciplinary Approach. Chichester: Wiley.
Kehily, Mary and Nayak, Anoop (2001). 'Learning to laugh?': a study of schoolboy humour in the English secondary school. In: Martino, Wayne and Mayenn, Bob eds. What about the boys?: issues of masculinity in schools. Buckingham, UK: Open University Press, pp. 110–123.
Conference Item
Hadfield, Lucy; Kehily, Mary Jane; Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel (2010). The QLR 'workbook': A recursive approach to data generation. In: Timescapes 2010: The craft of qualitative longitudinal research, 20 January 2010, Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University.
Kehily, M. J. and Thomson, R. (2009). Situations in a common culture: Interdisciplinary strategies for mapping modern motherhood. In: ESRC Research Seminar Series: Cross Cultural and Interdisciplinary Issues in Research on Motherhoods, Markets and Consumption, 16 January 2009, Keele University.
Kehily, M. J. (2009). What is identity? A sociological perspective. In: ESRC Seminar Series: The educational and social impact of new technologies on young people in Britain, 2 March 2009, London School of Economics, UK.
Kehily, M. J. and Thomson, R. (2009). Troubling reflexivity: The identity flows of teachers becoming mothers. In: Gender and Education International Conference: 'Gender: Regulation and Resistance in Education', 25-27 March 2009, Institute of Education, University of London.
Hadfield, Lucy; Kehily, Mary Jane; Thomson, Rachel and Sharpe, Sue (2009). Acting up and acting out: encountering children in a longitudinal study of mothering. In: 9th Conference of the European Sociological Association: European society or European societies, 2-5 September 2009, Lisbon, Portugal.
Kehily, M. J. and Nayak, A. (2008). Global femininities: consumption, culture and the significance of place. In: American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, 24-28 March 2008, New York.
Thomson, R. and Kehily, M. J. (2008). Maternal subjectivities over time: The reconfiguration of generational and biographical resources. In: Subjectivity Conference: International Conference in Critical Psychology, 27- 29 June 2008, Cardiff University.
Kehily, M. J. (2008). Motherhood, class and education. In: Aspire Aimhigher South East London and London East Thames Gateway Aimhigher Annual Conference, 26 June 2008, Kings College, London.
Kehily, M. J. (2008). Picturing motherhood. In: ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, 'Vital Signs' Conference, 9-11 September 2008, University of Manchester.
Kehily, Mary J. and Nayak, Anoop (2008). Lads, chavs and pram-face girls: embodiment and emotion in working-class youth cultures. In: Emotional Geographies of Education Symposium, Institute of Education, 6 November 2008, University of London.
Kehily, M. J. (2007). The making of modern motherhoods: Memories, identities, practices. In: BIRTH: The Cultural Politics of Reproduction conference: Fatherhood seminar, 6-7 March 2007, Lancaster University, UK.
Hadfield, L. and Kehily, M. J. (2007). The making of modern motherhoods: Experiences of consent, cleaning data and archiving. In: Timescapes Residential Workshop, 17-18 May 2007, London South Bank University.
Kehily, M. J. (2007). From the margins to the centre? Girlhood and the contradictions of femininity across three generations. In: Performative Health and body pedagogies: Every child matters?, 10 September 2007, Loughborough University, UK.
Thomson, R.; Kehily, M. J. and Hadfield, L. (2005). The making of modern motherhoods. In: British Sociological Association Family Studies Group Conference: Time Space and Family Practices, 14-15 January 2005, Keele University, UK.
Thomson, R. and Kehily, M. J. (2005). Thinking intergenerationally. In: 7th Conference of European Sociological Association: Rethinking Inequalities, 9-12 September 2005, Torun, Poland.
Kehily, M. J. (2005). The making of modern motherhoods: cultural representations and lived practice. In: Gender and Education 5th International Conference, 29-31 March 2005, Cardiff, UK.
Journal Article
Kehily, Mary Jane and Thomson, Rachel (2011). Figuring families: generation, situation and narrative in contemporary mothering. Sociological Research Online, 16(4), Article 16.
Thomson, Rachel and Kehily, Mary Jane (2011). Troubling reflexivity: the identity flows of teachers becoming mothers. Gender and Education, 23(3), pp. 233–245.
Kehily, Mary Jane and Maybin, Janet (2011). A window on children's lives? The process and problematics of representing children in audio visual case study. Journal of Children and Media, 5(3), pp. 267–283.
Thomson, Rachel; Hadfield, Lucy; Kehily, Mary Jane and Sharpe, Sue (2010). Family fortunes: an intergenerational perspective on recession. Twenty-First Century Society, 5(2), pp. 149–157.
Kehily, Mary Jane (2010). Childhood in crisis? Tracing the contours of ‘crisis’ and its impact upon contemporary parenting practices. Media, Culture & Society, 32(2), pp. 171–185.
Thomson, Rachel; Hadfield, Lucy; Kehily, Mary and Sharpe, Sue (2010). Acting up and acting out: encountering children in a longitudinal study of mothering. Qualitative Research (In Press).
Chu, Judy Y.; Drummond, Murray; Redman, Peter; Fine, Gary Alan; Morrell, Robert; Keddie, Amanda; Korobov, Neill; Janssen, Diederik F.; Pallotta-Chiarolli, Maria; Kehily, Mary Jane; Timimi, Sami; Pomerance, Murray and Levant, Ronald F. (2009). Comments on the status of Boyhood Studies. Thymos: Journal of Boyhood Studies, 3(2), pp. 111–154.
Kehily, Mary Jane (2008). Taking centre stage? Girlhood and the contradictions of femininity across three generations. Girlhood Studies, 1(2), pp. 51–71.
Kehily, Mary Jane and Nayak, Anoop (2008). Global femininities: consumption, culture and the significance of place. Discourse: Studies in the cultural politics of education, 29(3), pp. 325–342.
Nayak, Anoop and Kehily, Mary Jane (2006). Gender undone: subversion, regulation and embodiment in the work of Judith Butler. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 27(4), pp. 459–472.
Kehily, Mary Jane and Pattman, Rob (2006). Middle‐class struggle? Identity‐work and leisure among sixth formers in the United Kingdom. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 27(1), pp. 37–52.
Nayak, A. and Kehily, M. J. (2006). Gender undone: subversion, regulation and embodiment in the work of Judith Butler. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 27(4), pp. 459–472.
Kehily, Mary (2004). Girls on Girls: tensions and anxieties in research with girls. Feminism and Psychology, 14(3), pp. 366–370.
Kehily, Mary Jane (2002). Sexing the Subject: teachers, pedagogies and sex education. Sex Education, 2(3), pp. 215–231.
Redman, Peter; Epstein, Debbie; Kehily, Mary Jane and Mac an Ghaill, Mairtin (2002). Boys Bonding: same-sex friendship, the unconscious and heterosexual masculinities. Discourse, 23(2), pp. 179–191.
Epstein, Debbie; Kehily, Mary; Mac an Ghaill, Mairtin and Redman, Peter (2001). Boys and girls come out to play: making masculinities and femininities in school playgrounds. Men and Masculinities, 4(2), pp. 158–172.
Kehily, Mary (2001). Bodies in school: Young men, embodiment, and heterosexual masculinities. Men and Masculinities, 4(2), pp. 173–185.
Kehily, Mary Jane; Mac An Ghaill, Martin; Epstein, Debbie and Redman, Peter (2001). Private girls and public worlds: producing femininities in the primary school. Discourse, 23(2), pp. 167–177.