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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 men m...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Curtis, Anna (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2019]
Collection:Critical issues in crime and society.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.