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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Claire SchmidtPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press Imprint: University of Wisconsin Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.520kg ISBN: 9780299313500ISBN 10: 0299313506 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 30 July 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA lucid, compelling study of some very funny, compassionate corrections officers. Their intelligence and comic delight shine through on every page. --Jackie McGrath, College of DuPage Drawing on decades of personal experience, a dozen years of sustained field research, and a wealth of pertinent studies across a range of disciplines, Claire Schmidt offers what is at once a deeply humanistic ethnography of prison workers and the finest extant study of any occupation's folk humor. --James P. Leary, author of So Ole Says to Lena: Folk Humor of the Upper Midwest A lucid, compelling study of some very funny, compassionate corrections officers. Their intelligence and comic delight shine through on every page. --Jackie McGrath, College of DuPage A step forward for occupational folklife studies. . . . This work is a useful source for those wanting to expand their understandings of occupational culture, for scholars who want to understand the tensions between those who guard and those who are guarded, and for people seeking to incorporate more personal and localized context into their criminology and sociology research. --Western Folklore Drawing on decades of personal experience, a dozen years of sustained field research, and a wealth of pertinent studies across a range of disciplines, Claire Schmidt offers what is at once a deeply humanistic ethnography of prison workers and the finest extant study of any occupation's folk humor. --James P. Leary, author of So Ole Says to Lena: Folk Humor of the Upper Midwest Author InformationClaire Schmidt is a folklorist and assistant professor of English at Missouri Valley College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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