Out There / In Here: Masculinity, Violence and Prisoning - Couverture souple

Comack, Elizabeth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1552662586 ISBN 13 : 9781552662588

Editeur : Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Elizabeth Comack is a professor of Sociology at the University of Manitoba. Over the past three decades she has written and conducted research on a variety of social justice topics. Her most recent book is Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People's Encounters with the Police (Fernwood 2012). Elizabeth's current research projects stem from her involvement in the Manitoba Research Alliance's SSHRC Partnership project, "Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty." Elizabeth leads the Justice, Safety, and Security stream of the project.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1552662586
• ISBN 13: 9781552662588
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible