Masculinities and the Adult Male Prison Experience

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-39914-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 197 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3796 g

This book critically analyses how men in prison act out their masculine identities. It considers how men negotiate their time in 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, and 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sloan, Jennifer Anne

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Doing Research in Prisons.- Chapter 3. Corporeal Masculinities.- Chapter 4. Temporal Masculinities.- Chapter 5. Spatial Masculinities. Chapter 6. Relational Masculinities.- Chapter 7. Vulnerable Masculinities.- Chapter 8. Gender in Prison.

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Sloan is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She researches in the areas of prisons, gender, sexual violence and justice, and is co-editor of The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography.