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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Anna CurtisPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.003kg ISBN: 9780813598345ISBN 10: 0813598346 Pages: 180 Publication Date: 06 September 2019 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback 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 Contents"Introduction: Masculinity, Fatherhood, and Race inside America's Prisons 1 Neoliberal Responsibility and ""Being There"" as a Father 2 Little Me versus My Princess: Fathers’ Expectations about Gender 3 Unruly Boys and Dangerous Men: Security and Masculinity in Prison 4 Game Faces and Going up the Way: Enacting Masculinity in Prison Conclusion: The Conditions of Possibility Appendix: Methods and Research Setting Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index "ReviewsRecommended. -- Choice This compelling ethnography reveals the excruciating cost of mass incarceration on fathers and their families. Not only do institutional policies undermine relationships between imprisoned fathers and their kids, but gendered expectations of prison masculinity often derail men's efforts to be fathers in a meaningful sense. Curtis's book is an urgent reminder that dismantling mass incarceration is not enough--we must also heal the damage that has been done to children, families, and communities. --Jill McCorkel author of Breaking Women: Gender, Race, and the New Politics of Imprisonment Anna Curtis evocatively demonstrates how cultural tropes concerning blackness, criminality, and violence have cohered into the organizing concept of 'dangerous masculinity' within prisons. With a discerning eye, Curtis takes us into the prison to show us the sad and misunderstood consequences this has for fathers and their children. --Timothy Black author of When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers On and Off the Str This compelling ethnography reveals the excruciating cost of mass incarceration on fathers and their families. Not only do institutional policies undermine relationships between imprisoned fathers and their kids, but gendered expectations of prison masculinity often derail men's efforts to be fathers in a meaningful sense. Curtis's book is an urgent reminder that dismantling mass incarceration is not enough--we must also heal the damage that has been done to children, families, and communities. --Jill McCorkel author of Breaking Women: Gender, Race, and the New Politics of Imprisonment Anna Curtis evocatively demonstrates how cultural tropes concerning blackness, criminality, and violence have cohered into the organizing concept of 'dangerous masculinity' within prisons. With a discerning eye, Curtis takes us into the prison to show us the sad and misunderstood consequences this has for fathers and their children. --Timothy Black author of When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers On and Off the Str Author InformationANNA CURTIS is an assistant professor of sociology at The State University of New York at Cortland. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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