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Overview"Moving between the spaces of the outside community and prison-""out there"" and ""in here""-this study explores the complicated connections between masculinity and violence in the lives of men incarcerated at a provincial prison. The discussion traces the men`s lives and highlights their understanding of their own violence, while looking at the ways in which prison perpetuates the violence inherent in dominant masculinity. By revealing the voices of the jailed men, this analysis is able to show that prison is a gendered space that is not a solution to the public`s concerns about crime and violence. Rather, it is a place in which masculine pressures encourage marginalized men to take part in aggression, dominance, and the exercise of brute power as legitimate social practices." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth ComackPublisher: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Imprint: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Dimensions: Width: 1.50cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.30cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781552662588ISBN 10: 1552662586 Pages: 168 Publication Date: 01 September 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsA uniquely vivid and readable account of how masculinities and violence are constructed both in the community 'out there' and in prison, 'in here' . . . a timely, scholarly and captivating contribution to the literature in criminology, masculinities, and gender studies. --James W. Messerschmidt, professor of sociology and gender Studies, University of Southern Maine """A uniquely vivid and readable account of how masculinities and violence are constructed both in the community 'out there' and in prison, 'in here' . . . a timely, scholarly and captivating contribution to the literature in criminology, masculinities, and gender studies."" --James W. Messerschmidt, professor of sociology and gender Studies, University of Southern Maine" Author InformationElizabeth Comack is a professor of sociology at the University of Manitoba and a research associate at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba. She is the coauthor of The Power to Criminalize: Violence, Inequality and the Law and coeditor of Criminalizing Women: Gender and (In)justice in Neoliberal Times. She lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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