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Dangerous Masculinity : Fatherhood, Race, and Security Inside America's Prisons /

"For incarcerated fathers, prison rather than work mediates access to their families. Prison rules and staff regulate phone privileges, access to writing materials, and visits. Perhaps even more important are the ways in which the penal system shapes men's gender performances. Incarcerated...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Curtis, Anna (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: masculinity, fatherhood, and race inside America's prisons
  • Neoliberal responsibility and "being there" as a father
  • Little me versus my princess : fathers' expectations about gender
  • Unruly boys and dangerous men : security and masculinity in prison
  • 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.