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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Simon WinlowPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Berg Publishers Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9781859734094ISBN 10: 185973409 Pages: 202 Publication Date: 01 April 2001 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 History, Modernity and Masculinities, 2 And Then the World Changed, 3 Bouncing as a Contemporary Urban Career: Post-modernity, De-industrialization, Masculinity and Cultural Adaptation, 4 Summary and ConclusionReviews'Simon Winlow has taken the study of contemporary urban violence to a new level of sophistication. His subtle examination of the emergence of violence as a marketable asset represents cultural criminology at its best.' Richard Wright, University of Missouri-St. Louis and U.S. National Consortium on Violence Research 'I can't think of any other sociologist in this country who has ever travelled quite so dangerous a road in search of a viable thesis as Simon Winlow ... This is qualitative sociology at its best: revealing, disturbing, counter-intuitive, and compelling.' Laurie Taylor, The Independent 'Simon Winlow, in his pioneering ethnography of contemporary masculinities [does] what few qualitative researchers are willing or able to do ... This ethnography at the edge takes an unprecedented step in the right direction.' Qualitative Research 'Badfellas offers a fresh approach to the study of masculinities and crime. Simon Winlow succeeds in drawing attention to how masculinities and crime are constructed by global forces and how ethnography need not concentrate simply on the local but rather should embrace the global.' Social Control and Law 'Simon Winlow has taken the study of contemporary urban violence to a new level of sophistication. His subtle examination of the emergence of violence as a marketable asset represents cultural criminology at its best.' Richard Wright, University of Missouri-St. Louis and U.S. National Consortium on Violence Research 'I can't think of any other sociologist in this country who has ever travelled quite so dangerous a road in search of a viable thesis as Simon Winlow ... This is qualitative sociology at its best: revealing, disturbing, counter-intuitive, and compelling.' Laurie Taylor, The Independent 'Simon Winlow, in his pioneering ethnography of contemporary masculinities [does] what few qualitative researchers are willing or able to do ... This ethnography at the edge takes an unprecedented step in the right direction.' Qualitative Research 'Badfellas offers a fresh approach to the study of masculinities and crime. Simon Winlow succeeds in drawing attention to ho 'Simon Winlow has taken the study of contemporary urban violence to a new level of sophistication. His subtle examination of the emergence of violence as a marketable asset represents cultural criminology at its best.'Richard Wright, University of Missouri-St. Louis and U.S. National Consortium on Violence Research'I can't think of any other sociologist in this country who has ever travelled quite so dangerous a road in search of a viable thesis as Simon Winlow ... This is qualitative sociology at its best: revealing, disturbing, counter-intuitive, and compelling.'Laurie Taylor, The Independent'Simon Winlow, in his pioneering ethnography of contemporary masculinities [does] what few qualitative researchers are willing or able to do ... This ethnography at the edge takes an unprecedented step in the right direction.'Qualitative Research 'Badfellas offers a fresh approach to the study of masculinities and crime. Simon Winlow succeeds in drawing attention to ho Author InformationSimon Winlow is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at theUniversity of Teesside. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |