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

Elizabeth Comack explores the complicated connections between masculinity and violence in the lives of men incarcerated at a provincial prison. Moving between the spaces of ‘out there’ and ‘in here,’ the discussion traces the men’s lives in terms of their efforts to ‘do’ masculinity and the place of violence in that undertaking. In drawing out these connections, similarities with the lives of other men become apparent. In the process, we also learn that prisons are not a solution to public concerns about crime and violence. Prison is a gendered space in which violence is a systemic feature and the pressures on men to ‘do’ masculinity are even more pronounced. Sending racialized and economically marginalized men to prison only encourages and reaffirms 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