Masculinities and the adult male prison experience /

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Author / Creator:Sloan, Jennifer, 1985- author.
Imprint:London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
©2016
Description:1 online resource (XII, 197 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12455218
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ISBN:9781137399151
1137399155
9781349679881
1349679887
9781137399144
1137399147
Digital file characteristics:text file
PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-186) and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebrary, viewed July 14, 2017).
Summary:This book critically analyses how men in prison act out their masculine identities. It considers how men negotiate their entry into prison, which can involve being placed into a feminine position relative to other men, and particularly looks at the subversion of heteronormative gender positionings through bodies, spaces, time, and relationships. Vulnerability is also taken as a key consideration, as men are shown to act out their masculinities for the benefit of an audience that matters to them. However, that audience is shown to be subject to change at any point in time. Using extensive ethnographic data drawn from adult male prisoners, the book adopts the viewpoint of the individual prisoner as a frame to consider masculinity. It also advances ethnographic research in criminology by reflecting upon the identity of researchers in prisons, particularly the female researcher's gendered identity in such environments. It will be of great interest to scholars of penology, gender and ethnography.
Other form:Printed edition: 9781137399144
Print version: Sloan, Jennifer, 1985- Masculinities and the adult male prison experience. London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016] 1349679887
Standard no.:10.1057/978-1-137-39915-1